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 Fan Caspar Gevaerts (mk01) oil


Fan Caspar Gevaerts (mk01)
Painting ID::  20262
Fan Caspar Gevaerts (mk01)
c.1627. Oil on panel; 120x99cm 47 1/4x39in Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,Antwerp
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Temple of Fanus (mk01) oil


The Temple of Fanus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20264
The Temple of Fanus (mk01)
1634 Oil sketch for The Entry of Ferdinand. Oil on panel; 70x68.8cm 27 1/2x27in Hermitage, St Petersbury
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Worship of Venus (mk01) oil


The Worship of Venus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20265
The Worship of Venus (mk01)
15183-20 Oil on canvas; 172x175cm 67 3/4x68 7/8in Museo del Prado, Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Worship of Venus (mk01) oil


The Worship of Venus (mk01)
Painting ID::  20266
The Worship of Venus (mk01)
c.1635 Copy after Titian, Oil on canvas; 195x209cm 76 3/4x82 1/4in National-museum, Stockholm
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Venus and Adonis (mk01) oil


Venus and Adonis (mk01)
Painting ID::  20270
Venus and Adonis (mk01)
1553-4 Oil on canvas; 186x207cm 73 1/4x81 1/2in 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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