Portrait of Susanna Lunden

Portrait of Susanna Lunden or Le Chapeau de Paille (The Straw Hat) is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, in the National Gallery, London. It was probably painted around 1622–1625.[1]

Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Susanna Lunden(?), called Le Chapeau de Paille

The portrait's subject has not been securely identified, but she may be Susanna Lunden, née Fourment (1599–1628),[2] the older sister of Rubens' future second wife Helena Fourment.[1] If the identification is correct, the portrait probably dates to the time of Susanna's marriage to her second husband, Arnold Lunden, in 1622.[1] The ring on her finger might mean that the painting is a marriage portrait.[1]

Rubens' portrait was engraved in 1823 by Robert Cooper (active 1795–1836).[3][4] At that time, it acquired the name Le Chapeau de Paille, which incorrectly describes the hat as "straw" (paille).[1] A sketch of Rubens' painting (ca. 1823–24) by J. M. W. Turner is in the Tate.[5]

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, 1782

In 1781, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and her husband visited Flanders and the Netherlands, which inspired her to paint Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1782), a "free imitation" of Rubens' Le Chapeau de Paille.[6][7]

References
  1. "Portrait of Susanna Lunden(?) ('Le Chapeau de Paille')". National Gallery. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. Rubens: A Genius at Work: The Works of Peter Paul Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Belgium Reconsidered. Tielt: Uitgeverij Lannoo. 2007. p. 129.
  3. "Le Chapeau de Paille". The British Museum. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. "Robert Cooper (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "Joseph Mallord William Turner: A Sketch Copy of Rubens's Portrait of ?Susanna Lunden ('Le Chapeau de Paille'); a Stooping Man". Tate. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. Langmuir, Erika (1997). The National Gallery Companion Guide (rev. ed.). London: National Gallery Publications Ltd. pp. 328–329.
  7. "Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat". National Gallery. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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