The Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens

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"The Honeysuckle Bower" is a celebrated early 17th-century double portrait by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the artist with his first wife, Isabella Brant, seated together in an intimate garden setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf double portrait
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance important early self-portrait of Rubens with his wife
key example of Baroque marital portraiture
city Munich
collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
colorPalette earthy colors
warm tones
countryOfOrigin Southern Netherlands
creator Peter Paul Rubens
depicts Isabella Brant
Peter Paul Rubens
depictsEmotion affection
serenity
depictsGesture seated couple side by side
depictsMotive honeysuckle bower
depictsObject elegant clothing
foliage
garden bench
hat worn by Rubens
honeysuckle plant
depictsSetting garden
depictsTheme conjugal love
domestic intimacy
marital harmony
depictsTimePeriod early 17th century fashion
genre marriage portrait
portrait painting
hasPart portrait of Isabella Brant
self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
hasReference symbolism of honeysuckle as fidelity
hasStyleCharacteristic careful depiction of textures
naturalistic rendering of figures
rich detail
inception c. 1609
early 17th century
languageOfTitle German
location Alte Pinakothek
materialUsed oil paint
movement Baroque
partOf Rubens’s early Antwerp period works
significantEvent early marriage of Peter Paul Rubens and Isabella Brant
support panel
titleInDutch Het kamperfoeliepaviljoen
titleInGerman Das Geißblattlaube
Das Geißblattlaube (Rubens und Isabella Brant)

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Alte Pinakothek notableWork The Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens
subject linked to: Alte Pinakothek, Munich
The Honeysuckle Bower titleInGerman Das Geißblattlaube (Rubens und Isabella Brant)
linked to: The Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens