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Het Pelsken (Helena Fourment in a Fur Robe)

c. 1636–38

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The story

Rubens painted his second wife Helena Fourment life-size, wrapped in a fur after her bath. His will of 1640 mentions the picture, and tradition says a special clause left it to her as a personal gift.

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Object details

Title: Het Pelsken (Helena Fourment in a Fur Robe)
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Date: c. 1636–38
Culture: Flemish
Medium: Oil on panel
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0177
Original image: 992 × 2090 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Peter Paul Rubens. Het Pelsken (Helena Fourment in a Fur Robe). c. 1636–38. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0177/