Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.
Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife by unknown Artist believed to be Joseph van Aken. Black and white Chalk on blue paper. There is a similar Joseph van Aken drawing in the National Gallery of Scotland, illustrated on the Allan Ramsay Catalogue, pl. 32. This drawing is on distinctly different darker paper than the studies by Wright in this archive.

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  • Joseph van Aken (Attributed to)

    Display Date: Flemish, 1699 - 1749

    Nationality: Flemish

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

Study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife

Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper.

Object Type:Drawing
Dimensions:Support: 416 × 246 mm (16 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
Description:Catalogued as a study after Ruben's Portrait of his Wife, Helena Fourment, by Unknown Artist (possibly by Joseph van Aken). This study is not taken directly from Rubens' portrait however. It may be a study after a work by Ramsay, who based a number of portraits on Rubens' original (LB, 2022).
Provenance:Purchased from Christie's, 1998.
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Item Ref:1999-76/2
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