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Rubens Władysław Vasa
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 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' 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 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. Rubens was born and raised in the Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Germany) to parents who were refugees from Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) and moved to Antwerp at about 12. In addition to running a large workshop in Antwerp th ... [...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 the Prince of Wales (the future Charles I of England, Charles I, King of England, Scots, and Ireland) and it is still in the Royal Collection. In 2016 it was included in an exhibition on reuniting Charles I's art collection at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, it shows the artist wearing a hat. 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 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 {{1620s-painting-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
