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 The Fall of Phaeton oil


The Fall of Phaeton
Painting ID::  3682
The Fall of Phaeton
1605 The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1605_ The_National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington_DC
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma oil


Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma
Painting ID::  3683
Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma
1603 Museo del Prado, Madrid
1603_ Museo_del_Prado,_Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of a Man  jjj oil


Portrait of a Man jjj
Painting ID::  3684
Portrait of a Man jjj
1597 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1597_ Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art,_New_York
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Village Wedding oil


The Village Wedding
Painting ID::  3685
The Village Wedding
1640 Musee du Louvre, Paris
1640_ Musee_du_Louvre,_Paris
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Self Portrait  kjuii oil


Self Portrait kjuii
Painting ID::  3686
Self Portrait kjuii
1628 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
1628_ Galleria_degli_Uffizi,_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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