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 Gapar de Guzman,Count-Duke of Olivares (mk01) oil


Gapar de Guzman,Count-Duke of Olivares (mk01)
Painting ID::  20212
Gapar de Guzman,Count-Duke of Olivares (mk01)
c.1625 Oil on canvas; 216x129.5cm 85x51in Hispanic Society of America,New York.
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Franceso Maria della Rovere,Duke of Urbino (mk01) oil


Franceso Maria della Rovere,Duke of Urbino (mk01)
Painting ID::  20214
Franceso Maria della Rovere,Duke of Urbino (mk01)
1536-8 Oil on canvas; 114x103cm 44 7/8x40 1/2in Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Callisto (mk01) oil


Diana and Callisto (mk01)
Painting ID::  20216
Diana and Callisto (mk01)
1556-9 Oil on canvas; 188x203cm 74x79 1/8in National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Callisto (mk01) oil


Diana and Callisto (mk01)
Painting ID::  20218
Diana and Callisto (mk01)
1628-9 Copy after Titian. Oil on canvas, Private collection
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Fall of Man (mk01) oil


The Fall of Man (mk01)
Painting ID::  20220
The Fall of Man (mk01)
1628-9 Copy after Titian. Oil on canvas. 237x184cm 93 1/4x72 3/8in Museo del Prado, Madrid
   
   
     

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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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