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 Madonna in Floral Wreath oil


Madonna in Floral Wreath
Painting ID::  82596 		Madonna in Floral Wreath
Date ca. 1620(1620) Medium Oil on oak Dimensions Height: 185 cm (72.8 in). Width: 209.8 cm (82.6 in). cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Old Woman with a Basket of Coal oil


Old Woman with a Basket of Coal
Painting ID::  82598 		Old Woman with a Basket of Coal
Date between 1618(1618) and 1620(1620) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 115 cm (45.3 in). Width: 92 cm (36.2 in). cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens La Transfiguration oil


La Transfiguration
Painting ID::  82739 		La Transfiguration
1605 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 4,07m x 6,70m cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens the home of Abraham uploaded from the page of the Hermitage oil


the home of Abraham uploaded from the page of the Hermitage
Painting ID::  82743 		the home of Abraham uploaded from the page of the Hermitage
Date 1615-1617 cyf
Date_1615-1617 _cyf
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Bellerophon, Pegasus and Chimera oil


Bellerophon, Pegasus and Chimera
Painting ID::  82979 		Bellerophon, Pegasus and Chimera
Date 1635(1635) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions 34 x 27.5 cm (13.4 x 10.8 in) cjr
   
   
     
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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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