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SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (SIEGEN 1577 - ANTWERP 1640)

Portrait of a Woman

c.1625-30

RCIN 400118

This painting was bought from descendants of the artist’s family as a portrait of his wife, Helena Fourment. It was hung in the Bow Room at Carlton House, next to Self-Portrait by Rubens, which was already in the collection and brought from Kensington Palace.

Purchased in 1818


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