Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640 Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ?C May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England. Rubens was a prolific artist. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, "history" paintings, which included mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the Joyous Entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635. His drawings are mostly extremely forceful but not detailed; he also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems. His fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to the terms 'Rubensian' or 'Rubenesque' for plus-sized women. The term 'Rubensiaans' is also commonly used in Dutch to denote such women.


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Peter Paul Rubens Saints Domitilla,Nereus and Achilleus (mk01) oil


Saints Domitilla,Nereus and Achilleus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20142
Saints Domitilla,Nereus and Achilleus (mk01)
1608 Oil on slate; 425x280cm 167 3/8x110 1/4in Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome.
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Artist and his Wife in a Honeysuckle Bower (mk01) oil


The Artist and his Wife in a Honeysuckle Bower (mk01)
Painting ID::  20143
The Artist and his Wife in a Honeysuckle Bower (mk01)
c.1609 Oil on canvas; 178x136.5cm 70 1/8x53 3/4in Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Adoration of the Magi (mk01) oil


The Adoration of the Magi (mk01)
Painting ID::  20144
The Adoration of the Magi (mk01)
1609 Oil on canvas; 346x488cm 136 1/4x192 1/8in Museo del Prado,Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Crucifixion (mk01) oil


The Crucifixion (mk01)
Painting ID::  20145
The Crucifixion (mk01)
1565 Oil on canvas; 536x1224cm 211x481 7/8in Scuola di San Rocco,Venice
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Raishing of the Cross (mk01) oil


The Raishing of the Cross (mk01)
Painting ID::  20150
The Raishing of the Cross (mk01)

   
   
     

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     Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640 Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ?C May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England. Rubens was a prolific artist. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, "history" paintings, which included mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the Joyous Entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635. His drawings are mostly extremely forceful but not detailed; he also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems. His fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to the terms 'Rubensian' or 'Rubenesque' for plus-sized women. The term 'Rubensiaans' is also commonly used in Dutch to denote such women.

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