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Article: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640)
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RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577
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1640)
RUBENS, PETER PAUL
(1577
–
1640), Flemish painter. Peter Paul Rubens became the most influential northern artist in seventeenth-century Europe. His prolific production included religious, historical, and mythological paintings as well as landscapes and portraits. In his idealized figural paintings Rubens brought the artistic traditions of the Netherlands, early modern Italy, and classical antiquity into an unprecedented harmonious synthesis.
BIOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT
Rubens received his professional training in Antwerp, the art center of northern Europe, where his most influential teacher was the learned Otto van Veen. Stylistically, ...