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 Therese von Avila oil


Therese von Avila
Painting ID::  79482
Therese von Avila
Deutsch: um 1615 Medium Oil on panel Deutsch: Öl auf Eichenholz Dimensions Deutsch: 67 x 69 cm cyf
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Albert VII oil


Portrait of Albert VII
Painting ID::  80171
Portrait of Albert VII
Oil on canvas Dimensions 200 x 118 cm (78.7 x 46.5 in) cyf
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel oil


Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
Painting ID::  80604
Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
Date 1620(1620) Medium oil cjr
Date_1620(1620) _ Medium_oil _ cjr
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the George Villiers oil


Equestrian Portrait of the George Villiers
Painting ID::  80801
Equestrian Portrait of the George Villiers
oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, 1625, Kimbell Art Museum Date 1625(1625) cyf
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Girl with fan oil


Girl with fan
Painting ID::  81025
Girl with fan
1612/1614 Medium Deutsch: Leinwand Dimensions Deutsch: 96 x 73 cm Rahmenmaße: 124 x 101 x 12 cm 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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