An oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a couple after the original oil painting on canvas, Self portrait with Isabella Brant, c. 1609 to 1610, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 to 1640. Signed by the artist, lower right. Directly after his return from Italy, the 32 year old Rubens married the 18 year old Isabella Brant. This double portrait, which broke new ground in portrait painting, was purportedly done shortly thereafter. Rubens did not however give up using traditional symbolism: Honeysuckle was a well known symbol for faithfulness and hands laid over one another have symbolized matrimony since ancient times. However these references are integrated into this snapshot-like scene in which middle class contentedness, substantial affluence and strong affection are expressed. Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubenss highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. One of a kind artwork.

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