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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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The Horrors of War (mk27)
1637
Oil on canvas 6'9'' x 11'4''(206 x 345 cm)
Palazzo Pitti,Florence
Painting ID:: 24381
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The_Horrors_of_War_(mk27)
1637
Oil on canvas 6'9'' x 11'4''(206 x 345 cm)
Palazzo Pitti,Florence
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Landscape by Moonlight (mk43)
1637-1640
The Courtauld Institute Gallery,
Somerset House,London
Painting ID:: 25705
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Landscape_by_Moonlight_(mk43)
1637-1640
The Courtauld Institute Gallery,
Somerset House,London
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Self-Portrait with his Wife,Isabella Brant
mk52
c.1609
Oil on canvas
178x136.5cm
Alte Pinakothek,Munich
Painting ID:: 26776
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Self-Portrait_with_his_Wife,Isabella_Brant
mk52
c.1609
Oil on canvas
178x136.5cm
Alte Pinakothek,Munich
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Portrait of the Artist
mk52
1623-4
Oil on wod
86x62.5cm
Painting ID:: 26777
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Portrait_of_the_Artist
mk52
1623-4
Oil on wod
86x62.5cm
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The Abduction fo Ganymede
mk61
Oil on canvas
181x87cm
Painting ID:: 28081
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The_Abduction_fo_Ganymede
mk61
Oil on canvas
181x87cm
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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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