750 - A. LEMOINE (*1824) after DE KEYSER (*1813), Rubens painting, around 1860, Etching

A. LEMOINE (*1824) after DE KEYSER (*1813), Rubens painting, around 1860, Etching Alfred Lemoine (1824 Paris - 1881 ibid.) after Nicaise de Keyser (1813 Antwerp - 1887 ibid.): Rubens painting the so-called Woman with the Straw Hat, c. 1860, Etching Technique: Etching and Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Peint par N. DeKeyser. / Gravé par Lemoine.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "Rubens peignant la femme dite au chapeau de Paille". lower left further inscription: "Delaire, Editeur, 18 rue J. J. Rousseau, Paris". At the lower part additional inscription: "Imp. Par Alfred Chardon jeune, 3, rue Racine Paris / E. Jouy, Eidteur, 56, Boulevard Sebastopol, Paris". Date: c. 1860 Description: Several people from Peter Paul Rubens' circle are depicted. Rubens himself sits in front of an easel and holds his painting utensils in his hand. Those present are listening to a singer singing in the foreground. To her right, Rubens' pupil, Anthonis van Dyck, is playing the lute. Ruben's wife, Hélène Fourment, sits in the centre of the picture. Behind her stands Ruben's patron, the regent and Archduke Albrecht VII. Person: Depicted: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640 ) Depicted: Anthonis van Dyck (1599 Antwerp - 1641 London) Flemish painter and graphic artist of the Flemish Baroque period Keywords: Baroque; Rubens; Portrait; Music; Lute; Singing; Music-making; Painting; Artists' studio; 19th century; Romanticism; Depiction of Artists; France; Size: Paper: 70,0 cm x 87,0 cm (27,6 x 34,3 in), Plate: 62,0 cm x 79,5 cm (24,4 x 31,3 in), Depiction: 49,8 cm x 69,8 cm (19,6 x 27,5 in) Condition: Rather good condition. A few small foxings are visible in isolated places. Overall light soiling in the margins. The image itself with only very few very small rubbings. The upper left corner with two diagonal creases (not affecting the image).