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 The Road to Calvary oil


The Road to Calvary
Painting ID::  83528 		The Road to Calvary
Date between 1634(1634) and 1637(1637) Medium Oil on canvas, rounded at the top Dimensions Height: 569 cm (224 in). Width: 355 cm (139.8 in). cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Perseus and Andromeda oil


Perseus and Andromeda
Painting ID::  83639 		Perseus and Andromeda
Date between 1620(1620) and 1621(1621) Medium Oil on canvas transferred from panel cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Virgin and Child with the Infant St John oil


Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
Painting ID::  83640 		Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
Date first half of 17th century Medium Oil on paper fixed onto canvas cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Albert and Nicolaas Rubens oil


Albert and Nicolaas Rubens
Painting ID::  84031 		Albert and Nicolaas Rubens
Date between 1626(1626) and 1627(1627) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 157 cm (61.8 in). Width: 93 cm (36.6 in). cjr
   
   
     
Peter Paul Rubens Tournament in front of Castle Steen oil


Tournament in front of Castle Steen
Painting ID::  84032 		Tournament in front of Castle Steen
Date between 1635(1635) and 1637(1637) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions Height: 72 cm (28.3 in). Width: 106 cm (41.7 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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