HE was the eldest son of Charles I., by Henrietta Maria of France. Married Catherine of Braganza, by whom he had no children.
No. 83.
PETER PAUL RUBENS, WIFE, AND CHILD.
By Himself.
BORN 1577, DIED 1640.
Both seated. He is in a black dress, reading; his wife in a red gown, blue
mantle. The child standing on her lap.
THE family of Rubens was of noble Styrian origin. The father of the illustrious painter settled in Antwerp about the time of the coronation of Charles V., Emperor of Germany. He became a magistrate, and married Maria de Pipelingue of that city; but the religious differences, which were then very fierce, determined him (being a Roman Catholic) to quit Antwerp, and take up his abode at Cologne, where many children were born to him, the youngest of whom was Peter Paul, of world-wide fame.