Gilles Hendricks
The Castle Park
Creation
c. 1630 - 1640
Dimensions
33.3 x 45.6 cm
Material / Technique
paper/engraving
Rubens prints
prints, photographs
Publisher
Gilles Hendricks (1632 - 1677)
Artist
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
Engraver
Schelte à Bolswert (1581 - 1659)
About the object
The engraving shows an elegantly dressed company passing the day with games and music. On the far right is a couple, probably Rubens and his second wife Hélène Fourment. Right next to them is a young man trying to put grass under his companion's skirt. The playful scene is set in a park that seems to belong to a medieval castle.