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 Great Salon of Nicolaas Rockox's House (mk01) oil


The Great Salon of Nicolaas Rockox's House (mk01)
Painting ID::  20170
The Great Salon of Nicolaas Rockox's House (mk01)
C.1630-5 Oil on panel; 62.3x96.5cm 24 1/2x38in Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Samson and Delilab (mk01) oil


Samson and Delilab (mk01)
Painting ID::  20172
Samson and Delilab (mk01)
c.1609 Oil on panel; 185x205cm 72 3/4x80 3/4in National Gallery, London.
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens TheLion Hunt (mk01) oil


TheLion Hunt (mk01)
Painting ID::  20173
TheLion Hunt (mk01)
c.1621 Oil on canvas; 249x377cm 98x148 3/8in Alte Pinakothek. Munich
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Sacrifice of Isaac (mk01) oil


The Sacrifice of Isaac (mk01)
Painting ID::  20174
The Sacrifice of Isaac (mk01)
1620 Oil sketch for the Jesuit ceiling. Oil on panel; 50x65cm 19 5/8x25 5/8in Musee du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

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


The Raising of the Cross (mk01)
Painting ID::  20175
The Raising of the Cross (mk01)
1620 Oil sketch for the Jesuit ceiling Oil on panel; 32x37cm 12 5/8x14 5/8in Musee du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

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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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