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Jun 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640. Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history.
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was the most versatile and influential Baroque artist in northern Europe in the seventeenth century. Highly gifted and internationally oriented, the Flemish artist received commissions from almost all of Europe's major courts. His art blends the High Renaissance of Italy, with which he was familiar from an eight ...
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ROO-bənz, Dutch: [ˈrybə (n)s]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history.
Peter Paul Rubens, the prodigious Flemish artist, was born in the heart of the Holy Roman Empire in Siegen in 1577, a region now part of modern-day Germany. Flourishing during the exuberant Baroque period, Rubens’ influence on the realm of art remains palpable and continues to reverberate even today. From his formative years, Rubens exhibited ...
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) The National Gallery, London. (Born Siegen, Westphalia, 28 June 1577; died Antwerp, 30 May 1640). Flemish painter, draughtsman, designer, and diplomat, the greatest and most influential figure in Baroque art in northern Europe. He was born in Germany, the son of a scholarly lawyer from Antwerp who left the city ...
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) is one of the greatest painters in European art history. This godfather of Baroque was a genius with a paintbrush, but also an architect, linguist, diplomat, art collector and prominent member of Antwerp society.
Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most multitalented and important painters of his time. His skilfully made, colourful paintings became famous all over Europe. All the royal courts of Europe ordered work from him. His huge paintings often looked so real that people were overpowered or even shocked by them.
