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 Helene Fourment and Her Children,Claire-Jeanne and Francois (mk05 ) oil


Helene Fourment and Her Children,Claire-Jeanne and Francois (mk05 )
Painting ID::  20488
Helene Fourment and Her Children,Claire-Jeanne and Francois (mk05 )
ca.1636-1637 Wood,45 1/4 x 33 1/2''(115 x 85 cm).Collection of Louis XIV;acquired in 1784
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with a Watering Place (mk05) oil


Landscape with a Watering Place (mk05)
Painting ID::  20489
Landscape with a Watering Place (mk05)
Wood,11 1/2 x 17''(29 x 43 cm)Early Collection INV
Wood,11_1/2_x_17''(29_x_43_cm)Early_Collection_INV
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with a Bird-Catcher (mk05) oil


Landscape with a Bird-Catcher (mk05)
Painting ID::  20490
Landscape with a Bird-Catcher (mk05)
Wood,18 x 33 1/2''(46 x 85 cm).Obtained from the collection of the Stadhouder at The Hague in 1795
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Philopeoemen General of the Achaeans Is Recognized by His Hosts at Megara (mk05) oil


Philopeoemen General of the Achaeans Is Recognized by His Hosts at Megara (mk05)
Painting ID::  20491
Philopeoemen General of the Achaeans Is Recognized by His Hosts at Megara (mk05)
Wood 19 1/2 x 26''(50 x 66 cm)From Plutarch Sketch for a large picture painted by Snyders with aid from Rubens;received in 1869
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Selbstbildnis mit Isabella Brant in der Geibblattlaube (mk05) oil


Selbstbildnis mit Isabella Brant in der Geibblattlaube (mk05)
Painting ID::  20861
Selbstbildnis mit Isabella Brant in der Geibblattlaube (mk05)
1609 179x136cm Munchen,Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlung
1609 179x136cm Munchen,Bayerische_Staatsgemaldesammlung
   
   
     

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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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