Peter Paul Rubens (
June 28, 1577 –
May 30, 1640) was a prolific
seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of an exuberant
Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, 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, art collector, and diplomat who was
knighted by both
Philip IV, king of Spain, and
Charles I, king of England.
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