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Sir Peter Paul Rubens 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. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Cou…
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culture · Flemish artist and diplomat (1577–1640) · diplomat · painter · graphic artist · printmaker · architectural drafter · sculptor · visual artist · also Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Paul Ruebens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubbens, Petri Paulo Rubbens, Pierre Rubens
Born 28 June 1577 · Died 30 May 1640 · Q5599
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“There was this painting further up by the fireplace and it sounds rather silly to say it, but it was a bit of a eureka moment and I thought: ‘My god, that looks like a Rubens.’ This picture just seemed to shine out.”
El Español: El hito de Alejandra Martos, la discreta hija de Raphael, en el Museo Thyssen: restaura una obra maestra de Rubens
Artsy: Prado Museum digitally transforms masterpieces by Velázquez, Rubens, and others ahead of August solar eclipse.
que.es: Exposición Rubens Valencia: el Museo de Bellas Artes acoge una muestra gratuita e inédita que no te puedes perder
Encyclopaedia Britannica: What Inspired Peter Paul Rubens's Descent from the Cross?
Euronews.com: Rubens repair: Flemish master set for major restoration work at Louvre
The Guardian: Rare Rubens notebook sheet goes on display in artist’s home city of Antwerp
CNN: Rubens masterpiece, long misidentified as work of lesser artist, sells for $2.7 million
Newsweek: Long-Lost Rubens Painting Found in Paris Home Sells for $2.7M
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Wall Street Journal: Peter Paul Rubens Found Inspiration in Antiquity
By and with a foreword by Jonathan Griffin, New York, McGraw-Hill, LC 65-19851
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And again in 1820 and 1821 but was lost at sea sometime after 1821
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Died 1640-05-30.
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Career landmark: court painter (1624).
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Career landmark: court painter (1600–1608).
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Born 1577-06-28.
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