PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Portrait of Gaspard Schoppius (c. 1604-05) Oil on canvas (116 x 88 cm) Palazzo Pitti, Florence To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This portrait has only recently received acceptance as an early work by Rubens, and this attribution, together with the painting's resemblance to an …
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The Death of Seneca
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) The Death of Seneca (c. 1516) Oil on canvas (181 x 120 cm) Museo del Prado, Madrid To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This painting is a simplified version of a striking picture now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, a work in which …
Portrait of a Young Knight
LUDOVICO CARDI (known as IL CIGOLI) 1559-1613 Portrait of a Young Knight (1594) Oil on canvas (78 x 62 cm) Palazzo Pitti, Florence The Florentine artist Ludovico Cardi, better known as Il Cigoli was a pupil of the late Mannerist painter Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) and of the architect Bernardo Buontalenti (1536-1608). He was born in …
Rubens’ Self-Portrait
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Self-Portrait (1622) Oil on canvas (80 x 60 cm) Australian National Gallery, Canberra To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This self-portrait was painted by Rubens in 1622 as a present for his friend, the lawyer and collector Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresec (1580-1637). Rubens did …
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (c. 1629) Oil on canvas (67 x 54 cm) National Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Within the different genres covered by the Old Masters, portraiture is my favourite. In the hands of its finest practitioners …
The Entombment
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) The Entombment (c.1612) Oil on canvas (131 x 130 cm) Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Recognized as the greatest painter of his day, Rubens received commissions from all over Europe and created profound, original statements of virtually every …
Nicolaas Rockox
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Nicolaas Rockox Oil on wood (56 x 65 cm) To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Rubens was one of the greatest, most energetic and most fruitful artists whose output, in its variety, extent and quality, has rarely been achieved by any. Although Peter Paul …
A Mother and her Daughter
ANTON VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Portrait of Susanna Fourment and her Daughter Clara (1620-22) Oil on canvas 173 x 117 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington DC To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The sitters have been identified with complete certainty. Susanna Fourment (1599-1628) and her daughter belonged to …
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