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 Portrait of Thomas Howard oil painting


Portrait of Thomas Howard
1629 - 30 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 67 x 54 cm cyf
Painting ID::  96423 		Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of Thomas Howard
1629 - 30 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 67 x 54 cm cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre oil painting


The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre
1628(1628) Medium oil on panel cyf
Painting ID::  96467 		Peter Paul Rubens
The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre
1628(1628) Medium oil on panel cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Peter Paul Rubens oil painting


Peter Paul Rubens
131.2 x 94.2 cm cyf
Painting ID::  96733 		Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens
131.2 x 94.2 cm cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Ceres and Pan oil painting


Ceres and Pan
1615(1615) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 223 X 162 cm cyf
Painting ID::  96880 		Peter Paul Rubens
Ceres and Pan
1615(1615) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 223 X 162 cm cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau oil painting


The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
oil on panel, at the National Galleries of Scotland Date 1624(1624) cyf
Painting ID::  96999 		Peter Paul Rubens
The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
oil on panel, at the National Galleries of Scotland Date 1624(1624) cyf
   
   
     
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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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