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 Odysseus and Nausicaa (mk08) oil


Odysseus and Nausicaa (mk08)
Painting ID::  21704
Odysseus and Nausicaa (mk08)
1619 Oil on panel, 91.5x117.2cm Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemalde-sammlungen,Alte Pinakothek
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Philip II on Horseback (df01) oil


Philip II on Horseback (df01)
Painting ID::  22526
Philip II on Horseback (df01)
1628 Madrid,Museo del Prado
1628 Madrid,Museo_del_Prado
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Adam and Eve (df01) oil


Adam and Eve (df01)
Painting ID::  22529
Adam and Eve (df01)
Madrid,Museo del Prado
Madrid,Museo_del_Prado
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Origin of the Millky Way (df01) oil


The Origin of the Millky Way (df01)
Painting ID::  22530
The Origin of the Millky Way (df01)
1628 Madrid,Museo del Prado
1628 Madrid,Museo_del_Prado
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Judgement of Paris (nn03) oil


The Judgement of Paris (nn03)
Painting ID::  23473
The Judgement of Paris (nn03)
1632-5 Oil on panel 144.8 x 193.7 cm 57 x 76 1/4 in National Gallery London
   
   
     

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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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