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Rubens Sampaio Filho
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). 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 emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp. In addition to running a large workshop in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-Portrait (Rubens, London)
''Self-Portrait'' is a 1623 self-portrait in oils on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, signed and dated by the artist. He produced it to send to Charles Prince of Wales (the future Charles I of England, Charles I) and it is still in the Royal Collection. Sources *''Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting'', London, 2007 *''Portrait of the Artist'', London, 2016 *https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/400156/a-self-portrait {{17C-painting-stub 1623 paintings Self-portraits, Rubens 17th-century portraits, Rubens Portraits of men, Rubens Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom Portraits by Peter Paul Rubens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
