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 The Studio of Apelles (mk01) oil


The Studio of Apelles (mk01)
Painting ID::  20164
The Studio of Apelles (mk01)
c.1630s Oil on panel; 105x149.5cm 41 3/8x58 7/8in Mauritshuis, The Hague
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Albert and Nicolas Rubens (mk01) oil


Albert and Nicolas Rubens (mk01)
Painting ID::  20165
Albert and Nicolas Rubens (mk01)
C.1626. Oil on panel; 158x92cm 62 1/4x36 1/4in Sammlungen des Fursten von Liechtenstein,Vaduz
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Death of Seneca (mk01) oil


The Death of Seneca (mk01)
Painting ID::  20167
The Death of Seneca (mk01)
c.1614 Oil on panel; 181x152cm 71 1/4x59 7/8in Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Sbivering Venus (mk01) oil


Sbivering Venus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20168
Sbivering Venus (mk01)
1614 Oil on panel; 142x184cm 55 7/8x72 3/8in Koninklijik Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Venus,Ceres and Baccbus (mk01) oil


Venus,Ceres and Baccbus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20169
Venus,Ceres and Baccbus (mk01)
c.1613 Oil on canvas; 141.2x199.2cm 55 5/8x78 3/8in Staatliche Gemaldegalerie, Kassel
   
   
     

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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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