Peter Paul RubensFlemish, 1577–1640Portrait en buste d’une dame
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Musée du Louvre
Room855, Aile Richelieu, Niveau 2Paris, France
On public display.
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- In this state since
- Sep 26, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- INV 1796
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- Image: Musée du Louvre — © 2008 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Ollivier
Meanwhile, in the life of Peter Paul Rubens
The whole life1624
Ennoblement by Philip IV
King Philip IV of Spain raised Rubens to the nobility.
1627–1630
Diplomatic Missions between Spain and England
Rubens was active as a diplomat, shuttling between the courts of Spain and England in an effort to achieve peace between the Catholic Spanish Netherlands and the Protestant Dutch Republic; he also made several trips to Holland.
1628–1629
Eight Months in Madrid, Friendship with Velázquez
During an eight-month stay in Madrid, Rubens, in addition to diplomatic negotiations, executed important works for Philip IV, studied and copied Titian anew, and became friends with the court painter Diego Velázquez.
1630
Marriage to Helena Fourment
Four years after the death of Isabella Brant, the 53-year-old Rubens married the 16-year-old Helena Fourment; she became the artist's muse and the inspiration for the sensuous figures in many of his paintings of the 1630s, including The Three Graces and The Judgment of Paris.
6 December 1630
Married: Helena Fourment
30 May 1640
Died
