Thomas Chambars
Thomas Chambars is represented in this archive by a single etching, a portrait of Helena Fourment, Rubens's second wife, shown wearing a fur coat over her shoulders. The print belongs to the graphic tradition of eighteenth-century reproductive etching, in which painted portraits were translated into line for a wider audience. The collection's holding dates to 1767, the year given by the Met for the sheet, though impressions may extend to later printings. Together it offers a compact example of Chambars's work as an etcher of portrait subjects.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
