Peter Paul Rubens

28th June 1577 - 30th May 1640

Self Portrait

Family Background

Father- Jan Rubens- prominent lawyer

Convert from Catholicism to Calvinism

The family fled Flanders to escape persecution

Venice 1600

The influence of the majestic forms of Titian

Rubens's 8 years (1600-08) as court painter to the duke of Mantua

Affected the Spanish baroque art Painted altar pieces for churches

Mature Phase

Religious paintings with the emotional tenor of the Counter-Reformation.

A conservative and public cast A lusty exuberance and almost frenetic

energy.Glowing color and light that flickers

across limbs and draperies Sense of movement and tactile strength

Battle of the Amazons 1618

Christ and Saint John with Angels; Wilton House at

Wiltshire, England

Helena Fourment with a Carriage

1639;Oil on wood; Louvre

Bacchus 1638-40; Oil on canvas, transferred from panel; Hermitage,

St.Petersburg

The Village Fête

1635-38;Oil on wood, Louvre

Allegory on the blessings of peace

1629-30; Oil on canvas; National Gallery, London

Virgin and Child enthroned with saints c. 1627-8 Sketch for a large altar painting; Oil on wood, Gemaldegalerie,

Staatliche Museen, Berlin

The Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water from an Angel

1625-28;Musee Bonnat, Bayonne, France

Isabella Brandt

1625-26; Oil on canvas, Uffizi