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 Ceiling of San Sebastiano (mk01) oil


Ceiling of San Sebastiano (mk01)
Painting ID::  20177
Ceiling of San Sebastiano (mk01)
Venice 1555-6
Venice_ 1555-6
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Estber before Abasuerus (mk01) oil


Estber before Abasuerus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20179
Estber before Abasuerus (mk01)
1556 Oil on canvas, Ceiling of San Sebastiano, Venice
1556 Oil_on_canvas, Ceiling_of_San_Sebastiano, Venice
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Esther before Abasuerus (mk01) oil


Esther before Abasuerus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20183
Esther before Abasuerus (mk01)
1620 Oil sketch for the Jesuit ceiling. Oil on panel; 48.8x47cm 19 1/4x18 1/2in Courtauld Institute Galleries,London
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Felicity of the Regency of Marie de'Medici (mk01) oil


The Felicity of the Regency of Marie de'Medici (mk01)
Painting ID::  20184
The Felicity of the Regency of Marie de'Medici (mk01)
1625 Oil on canvas; 394x295cm 155 1/8x116 1/8in Musee du Louvre,Paris.
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de'Medici to King Henry IV (MK01) oil


The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de'Medici to King Henry IV (MK01)
Painting ID::  20203
The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de'Medici to King Henry IV (MK01)
1622-5 Oil on canvas; 394x295cm 155 1/8x116 3/8in 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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