Category:Honeysuckle Bower by Peter Paul Rubens

**Honeysuckle Bower**
	self-portrait by Peter Paul Rubens
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Peter Paul Rubens;
Depicts	Peter Paul Rubens, Isabella Brant, Lonicera, sword, marriage, gaze towards the viewer and arbor
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support); oak panel (painting support);
Genre	self-portrait;
Location	Alte Pinakothek, upper floor, gallery VII, Alte Pinakothek, Kunstareal, Maxvorstadt, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Creator	Peter Paul Rubens;
Location of creation	Antwerp (near);
Collection	Alte Pinakothek (1806–); Electoral Gallery Dusseldorf (–1806); Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection; Bavarian State Painting Collections;
Inventory number	334 (Bavarian State Painting Collections);
Inception	1600s (1609–1610);
Width	136.5 cm;
Height	178 cm;
Authority file
	Q571416; GND ID: 7670797-0; BabelNet ID: 00138424n
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Peter Paul Rubens: Honeysuckle Bower

Artist



Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 MusicBrainz: 335085a9-357d-454c-8a4e-ed229d77ee5d WGA: r/rubens Open Library: OL17026A DBNL: rube001 Oxford Dict.: 63010 GND: 11860354X SELIBR: 207785 SUDOC: 02998551X BNF: 12149490h BPN: 90019664 NDL: 00454890 BIBSYS: 90135602 NKC: jn20000720259 SBN: CFIV068668 BNE: XX978783 CiNii: DA00502803 NLP: a0000001180088 KulturNav: 56130060-4f7d-45cb-b5f9-1dd41a8951bd RKD: 68737 J9U: 987007292148005171 BNR: 000193689 Koninklijke: 068452233 NLK: KAC199623690 WorldCat

Title

German:

Rubens und Isabella Brant in der Geißblattlaube

Honeysuckle Bower

Object type

painting

Genre

self-portrait

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.

Depicted people

Date

from 1609 until 1610

Medium

oil on canvas mounted on panel

Dimensions

height: 178 cm (70 in)

; width: 136.5 cm (53.7 in)

Collection

Bavarian State Painting Collections

	Native name	Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
	Location	Munich , Germany
	Coordinates	48° 08′ 58″ N, 11° 34′ 18″ E
	Established	1799 / 1777
	Website	www.pinakothek.de
	Authority file	: Q812285 VIAF: 149456767 ISNI: 0000000122433120 ULAN: 500303280 LCCN: n50061232 NLA: 36513675 WorldCat

Alte Pinakothek

	Native name	Alte Pinakothek
	Parent institution	Bavarian State Painting Collections
	Location	Munich , Germany
	Coordinates	48° 08′ 54″ N, 11° 34′ 12″ E
	Established	1836
	Website	www.pinakothek.de/en/visit/alte-pinakothek
	Authority file	: Q154568 VIAF: 142985185 ISNI: 0000000121735653 ULAN: 500303270 LCCN: n50061231 NLA: 35389935 WorldCat