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''The Honeysuckle Bower'' (ca. 1609) is a self-portrait of the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens and his first wife Isabella Brant. They wed on 3 October 1609, in St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp, shortly after he had returned to the city after eight years in Italy.〔Kristin Lohse Belkin, ''Rubens'', London: Phadon (1998): 95–98. ISBN 0-7148-3412-2〕 The painting is a full-length double portrait of the couple seated in a bower (wikt) of honeysuckle. They are surrounded by love and marriage symbolism: the honeysuckle and garden are both traditional symbols of love, and the holding of right hands (''junctio dextrarum'') represents union through marriage.〔Martin Schawe, ''Alte Pinakothek Munich'', 2nd. ed., Munich: Prestel (2002): 76. ISBN 3-7913-2239-7〕〔Hans Vlieghe, ''(Flemish Art and Architecture 1585–1700 )'', New Haven: Yale University Press (1998): 121–2. ISBN 0-300-07038-1〕 Additionally, Rubens depicts himself as an aristocratic gentleman with his left hand on the hilt of his sword.〔Belkin, 98.〕 ==Details== Image:Peter Paul Rubens 106.jpg|The couple, close-up Image:Peter Paul Rubens 105-Isabella-crop.jpg|Isabella Brant Image:Peter Paul Rubens 105 1.JPG|The hands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honeysuckle Bower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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