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 Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Prometheus Bound, oil


Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Prometheus Bound,
Painting ID::  60627 		Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Prometheus Bound,
Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Prometheus Bound, 1611-12. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens The Exchange of Princesses oil


The Exchange of Princesses
Painting ID::  60629 		The Exchange of Princesses
The Exchange of Princesses, from the Marie de' Medici Cycle. Louvre, Paris.
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens The Fall of Man oil


The Fall of Man
Painting ID::  60630 		The Fall of Man
The Fall of Man (after Titian), 1628?C29. Prado, Madrid
The_Fall_of_Man_(after_Titian),_1628?C29._Prado,_Madrid
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Helene Fourment oil


Portrait of Helene Fourment
Painting ID::  60634 		Portrait of Helene Fourment
Portrait of Helene Fourment (Het Pelsken), c. 1630s. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens The Chateau de Steen with Hunter, oil


The Chateau de Steen with Hunter,
Painting ID::  60653 		The Chateau de Steen with Hunter,
The Chateau de Steen with Hunter, ca. 1635-8 (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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