Antique Oil Painting Portrait on Board, After Rubens' Young Wife, Helena Fourment pouch set with inlays of mother

set with inlays of mother of pearl against the marquetry of brass and the veneers of beautifully contrasted old hardwoods

very nice conservation to the naturally fragile old work of art

These were often awards for the Expo or art or trades competitions

Beautifully preserved as fine souvenirs were

Antique Oil Painting Portrait on Board, After Rubens' Young Wife, Helena Fourment pouch set with inlays of motherHelena Fourment or Hlne Fourment (11 April 1614 15 July 1673) was the second wife of Flemish Baroque painter, Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens painted her regularly through their marriage, and this painting is done "aprs", or after one of those early paintings. When you visit the Louvre or other museums and see artists with easel set up, doing their renditions of the Old Masters, this is what results. A beautifully interpreted capture of Helena, a thrill of