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 a Man (MK01) oil


Portrait of a Man (MK01)
Painting ID::  20104
Portrait of a Man (MK01)
1597. Rubens\\\' first signde and dated work, Oil on copper; 21.6x14.6cm, 81 /2x5 3/4in Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Venus at the Mirror (MK01) oil


Venus at the Mirror (MK01)
Painting ID::  20103
Venus at the Mirror (MK01)
1613-14 Oil on panel; 124x98cm
1613-14 Oil_on_panel; 124x98cm
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens Portraits of (MK01) oil


Portraits of (MK01)
Painting ID::  20105
Portraits of (MK01)
BartbolomeusJacob Claesz,van Utrecht Grandfatber of Peter Paul Rubens and Barbara Arents, Grandmotber of Peter Paul Rubens 1530 Oil on panel; 57x38cm 22 3/8x15in Rubenshuis,Antwerp
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens The Entombment of Christ (mk01) oil


The Entombment of Christ (mk01)
Painting ID::  20127
The Entombment of Christ (mk01)
1603-4 Oil on canvas; 300x203cm, 118 1/8x79 7/8in, Vatican Museums,Rome
   
   
     

Peter Paul Rubens View of Antwerp witb the River (MK01) oil


View of Antwerp witb the River (MK01)
Painting ID::  20106
View of Antwerp witb the River (MK01)
ScbeldtAbel Grimmer and Hendrik van Balen , C.1600. Oil on panel; 37x44cm 14 1/2x17 1/4in Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,Antwerp
   
   
     

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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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