Eva Robarts

In Elewijt, the children of Rubens and his wife Helena could fully enjoy nature and play. Around 1638-1639, the Antwerp painter Philip Fruytiers portrayed the four children of Rubens and Helena, likely in the castle garden. Clara Johanna, Fransje, Isabella Helena, and Peter Paul Jr. are followed by two maids, possibly Anneken and Adriaenken. Constantia Albertina, the youngest daughter of the Rubens-Fourment family, is not present in this portrait. She was born eight months after Rubens' death.