Image: Peter Paul Rubens 105

Description: 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 ("dextrarum iunctio") 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.
Title: German: Rubens und Isabella Brant in der Geißblattlaube  Honeysuckle Bowertitle QS:P1476,de:"Rubens und Isabella Brant in der Geißblattlaube " label QS:Lde,"Rubens und Isabella Brant in der Geißblattlaube " label QS:Les,"Autorretrato con su esposa Isabel Brant" label QS:Lfr,"Sous la tonnelle de chèvrefeuille" label QS:Lca,"Autoretrat amb la seva esposa Isabella Brant" label QS:Lde-ch,"Rubens und Isabella Brant in der Geissblattlaube" label QS:Lhy,"Ինքնանկար Իզաբելա Բրանտի հետ" label QS:Lja,"ルーベンスとイザベラ・ブラント" label QS:Lcs,"Autoportrét s Isabellou Brantovou" label QS:Larz,"زهر العسل التعريش" label QS:Lpl,"Autoportret z pierwszą żoną Izabelą Brant" label QS:Luk,"Автопортрет з Ізабеллою Брант" label QS:Lnl,"Het geitenloofprieel" label QS:Lmk,"Автопортрет со Изабела Брант" label QS:Lit,"Autoritratto con la moglie Isabella Brant" label QS:Lko,"인동덩굴 그늘에서 루벤스와 이사벨라 브란트" label QS:Len,"Honeysuckle Bower" label QS:Lru,"Автопортрет с Изабеллой Брант"
Credit: The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
Author: Peter Paul Rubens
Permission: [1]
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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