Peter Paul Rubens Born June 28, 1577, died May 30, 1640
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He 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 altar pieces, 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 born in Siegen, Westphalia, to Jan Rubens and Maria Pypelincks. His father, a Calvinist, and mother fled Antwerp for Cologne in 1568, after increased religious turmoil and persecution of Protestants during the rule of the Spanish Netherlands by the Duke of Alba. Jan Rubens became the legal advisor (and lover) to Anna of Saxony, the second wife of William I of Orange, and settled at her court in Siegen in 1570. Following imprisonment for the affair, Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577. The family returned to Cologne the next year. In 1589, two years after his father's death, Rubens moved with his mother to Antwerp, where he was raised Catholic. Religion figured prominently in much of his work and Rubens later became one of the leading voices of the Catholic Counter-Reformation style of painting.
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Equestrian Portrait Duke of Lerma, painted in 1603, currently on loan to the RhyDin Museum from the Museo de Prado, Madrid. This was painted during Ruben?s first trip to Spain.
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The Virgin and Child Adored By Angels, painted in 1608, this is oil on slate and copper. It is the central panel in the Church of Santa Maria in Vallincella, Rome.
Raising the Cross, painted in 1610 is the central panel in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. The Raising of the Cross, for example, demonstrates the artist's synthesis of Tintoretto?s Crucifixion for the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice, Michelangelo's dynamic figures, and Rubens's own personal style. This painting has been held as a prime example of Baroque religious art.
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Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia, who lived from 1566 until 1633 was painted in 1615 and is on loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Viena. Rubens was appointed court painter by Albert and Isabella, the governors of the Low Countries. He received special permission to base his studio in Antwerp, instead of at their court in Brussels, and to also work for other clients. He remained close to the Archduchess Isabella until her death in 1633, and was called upon not only as a painter but also as an ambassador and diplomat.
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Prometheus Bound was painted in 1611-12 and was a dual effort between Rubens and Frans Snyders. It is on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Frans Snyders contributed to the eagle to Prometheus Bound.
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The Exchange of Princesses was painted during the Medici Cycle. In 1621, the queen-mother of France, Marie de? Medici, commissioned Rubens to paint two large allegorical cycles celebrating her life and the life of her late husband, Henry IV, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. The Marie de? Medici cycle (now in the Louvre) was installed in 1625, and although he began work on the second series it was never completed. Marie was exiled from France in 1630 by her son, Louis XIII, and died in 1642 in the same house in Cologne where Rubens had lived as a child.
The Fall of Man, a redo of Titian?s painting was painted in 1628-29, and is on loan from the Prado, Madrid. Rubens was in Madrid for eight months in 1628?1629. In addition to diplomatic negotiations, he executed several important works for Philip IV and private patrons. He also began a renewed study of Titian's paintings, copying numerous works including the Madrid Fall of Man
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The Hippopotamus Hunt was painted in 1616. Rubens was known for his frenetic energy captured in his paintings, and lusty ebullience. 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.
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The Massacre of Innocents, painted about 1611, is on loan from the National Gallery of London.
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Raising of the Cross
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The Fall of Man
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He 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 altar pieces, 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 born in Siegen, Westphalia, to Jan Rubens and Maria Pypelincks. His father, a Calvinist, and mother fled Antwerp for Cologne in 1568, after increased religious turmoil and persecution of Protestants during the rule of the Spanish Netherlands by the Duke of Alba. Jan Rubens became the legal advisor (and lover) to Anna of Saxony, the second wife of William I of Orange, and settled at her court in Siegen in 1570. Following imprisonment for the affair, Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577. The family returned to Cologne the next year. In 1589, two years after his father's death, Rubens moved with his mother to Antwerp, where he was raised Catholic. Religion figured prominently in much of his work and Rubens later became one of the leading voices of the Catholic Counter-Reformation style of painting.
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Equestrian Portrait Duke of Lerma, painted in 1603, currently on loan to the RhyDin Museum from the Museo de Prado, Madrid. This was painted during Ruben?s first trip to Spain.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Rubens_vallicella1608VirginChild.jpg
The Virgin and Child Adored By Angels, painted in 1608, this is oil on slate and copper. It is the central panel in the Church of Santa Maria in Vallincella, Rome.
Raising the Cross, painted in 1610 is the central panel in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. The Raising of the Cross, for example, demonstrates the artist's synthesis of Tintoretto?s Crucifixion for the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice, Michelangelo's dynamic figures, and Rubens's own personal style. This painting has been held as a prime example of Baroque religious art.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/RubensIsabellaEugenia1615.jpg
Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia, who lived from 1566 until 1633 was painted in 1615 and is on loan from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Viena. Rubens was appointed court painter by Albert and Isabella, the governors of the Low Countries. He received special permission to base his studio in Antwerp, instead of at their court in Brussels, and to also work for other clients. He remained close to the Archduchess Isabella until her death in 1633, and was called upon not only as a painter but also as an ambassador and diplomat.
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Prometheus Bound was painted in 1611-12 and was a dual effort between Rubens and Frans Snyders. It is on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Frans Snyders contributed to the eagle to Prometheus Bound.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/RubensExchangeofPrincesses.jpg
The Exchange of Princesses was painted during the Medici Cycle. In 1621, the queen-mother of France, Marie de? Medici, commissioned Rubens to paint two large allegorical cycles celebrating her life and the life of her late husband, Henry IV, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. The Marie de? Medici cycle (now in the Louvre) was installed in 1625, and although he began work on the second series it was never completed. Marie was exiled from France in 1630 by her son, Louis XIII, and died in 1642 in the same house in Cologne where Rubens had lived as a child.
The Fall of Man, a redo of Titian?s painting was painted in 1628-29, and is on loan from the Prado, Madrid. Rubens was in Madrid for eight months in 1628?1629. In addition to diplomatic negotiations, he executed several important works for Philip IV and private patrons. He also began a renewed study of Titian's paintings, copying numerous works including the Madrid Fall of Man
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Rubenshippopotamushunt.jpg
The Hippopotamus Hunt was painted in 1616. Rubens was known for his frenetic energy captured in his paintings, and lusty ebullience. 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.
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The Massacre of Innocents, painted about 1611, is on loan from the National Gallery of London.
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Raising of the Cross
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The Fall of Man
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