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 Venus and Adonis (mk01) oil


Venus and Adonis (mk01)
Painting ID::  20271
Venus and Adonis (mk01)
c.1635 Oil on canvas; 197.4x242.8cm 77 3/4x95 5/8in Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Callisto (mk01) oil


Diana and Callisto (mk01)
Painting ID::  20272
Diana and Callisto (mk01)
C.1619 Oil on canvas 202x323cm 79 1/2x127 1/8in Museo del Prado, Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Allegory of Peace (mk01) oil


The Allegory of Peace (mk01)
Painting ID::  20273
The Allegory of Peace (mk01)
1629-30 Oil on canvas; 198x297cm 78x116 7/8in National Gallery, London
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Venus,Mars and Cupid (mk01) oil


Venus,Mars and Cupid (mk01)
Painting ID::  20274
Venus,Mars and Cupid (mk01)
C.1630 Oil on canvas; 195.2x133cm 76 3/4x52 3/8in Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Horrors of War (mk01) oil


The Horrors of War (mk01)
Painting ID::  20276
The Horrors of War (mk01)
1637-8 Oil on canvas; 206x342cm 81 3/8x134 5/8in Galleria Pitti, Florence
   
   
     

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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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