The Gerbier Family

1755

James McArdell after Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
James McArdell

Artist, British, c. 1729 - 1765

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist After, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image depicts a group of people in an intimate family setting. A woman, seated to the left, is shown from the waist up, cradling an infant in her arms. The baby is reaching upward with one hand. Beside her, another child stands, pointing to the right, revealing curly hair. Two young girls stand on the right, one of whom interacts with the infant by holding its hand. The background is richly decorated with heavy drapes and a twisted column featuring a sculpture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.9 x 45.4 cm (18 1/16 x 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 x 48.9 cm (18 11/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.31

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 86, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

across lower center: The Original Picture by Sr. PETER PAUL REUBENS in the Collection of Samson Gideon Esqr. at BELVIDERE in KENT / to Whom this PRINT is Humbly Dedicated, By His Most Obedeient and Devoted Servant, William Jett.; lower left in plate: Wm Jett Delineavit; lower right in plate: Js. Mc. Ardell Fecit
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Wikidata ID

Q76342851

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