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Peter Paul Rubens Prints
About Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was a Flemish painter, born on 28 June 1577 in Siegen, in present-day Germany, and raised in Antwerp from the age of ten. He spent eight years in Italy, working for Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua and studying ancient sculpture and Renaissance painting. Back in Antwerp in 1608, he became court painter to the Archduke Albert and Isabella. He also served as a diplomat in France and England, was knighted by Charles I in 1630, and died in Antwerp on 30 May 1640.
Rubens is known for large, energetic paintings full of movement, warm colour and generous, fleshy figures. Demand was so great that he ran a big studio of pupils and assistants. Key works include The Elevation of the Cross (1610) and The Descent from the Cross (1611–14), both in Antwerp Cathedral, Minerva protects Pax from Mars (1630), painted for Charles I and now in the National Gallery, London, and the ceiling of the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
Peter Paul Rubens prints: reproductions of paintings by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, made between about 1600 and 1636. The collection includes The Garden of Love (1630), The Raising of the Cross (1610), Daniel in the Lions' Den (1614), The Three Graces (1630) and The Rainbow Landscape (1636).
This selection covers the full range of his subjects: biblical and religious scenes, myths of Venus, Paris and the Graces, battles such as The Battle of the Amazons, and a landscape. It also includes portraits of his first wife Isabella Brant, his second wife Helena Fourment and their son, and the Genoese noblewoman Brigida Spinola Doria. Warm flesh tones, reds and golden light recur throughout.
The large, lively scenes suit living rooms, dining rooms and entrance halls; the family portraits and The Rainbow Landscape work well in a study or bedroom. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
