Peter Paul Rubens
Painting, Visual Artist
1577 – 1640
Who was Peter Paul Rubens?
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, 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 that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, King of Spain, and Charles I, King of England.
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1577
Siegen - Also known as
- Peter Paul Rubens, follower of
- Pedro Pablo Rubens
- Spouses
- Isabella Brant
(1609/10/03 - 1626)
- Isabella Brant
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Profession
- Lived in
- Antwerp
- Siegen
- Died
- May 30, 1640
Antwerp
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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