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 Portrait of the Marchesa Brigide Spinola-Doria (mk01) oil


Portrait of the Marchesa Brigide Spinola-Doria (mk01)
Painting ID::  20132
Portrait of the Marchesa Brigide Spinola-Doria (mk01)
C.1606 Oil on canvas; 155.2x98.7cm 60x38 7/8in National Gallery of Art, Washington,DC
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Peter Paul and Pbilip Rubeens with their Friends or Mantuan Friendsship Portrait (mk01) oil


Peter Paul and Pbilip Rubeens with their Friends or Mantuan Friendsship Portrait (mk01)
Painting ID::  20133
Peter Paul and Pbilip Rubeens with their Friends or Mantuan Friendsship Portrait (mk01)
C.1602 Oil on canvas; 77.5x101cm 30 1/2x39 3/4in, Wallraf-Richartz Museum Cologne
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Charle V at Miihlberg (mk01) oil


Charle V at Miihlberg (mk01)
Painting ID::  20134
Charle V at Miihlberg (mk01)
1548 Oil on canvas; 332x279cm 130 5/8x109 7/8in Museo del Prado,Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Duke of Lerma on Horseback (mk01) oil


The Duke of Lerma on Horseback (mk01)
Painting ID::  20135
The Duke of Lerma on Horseback (mk01)
1603 Oil on canvas; 289x205cm 113 3/4x80 5/8in Museo del Prado,Madrid
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Marie de' Medici (mk01) oil


Marie de' Medici (mk01)
Painting ID::  20136
Marie de' Medici (mk01)
1609 Oil on canvas; 307x186cm 120 7/8x73 1/4in Musee du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

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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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