Important Christmas Fine Art Auction: Haute Epoque, Jewels and Colonial Treasures
Lote 321:
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Holy Roman Empire, present-day Germany, June 28, 1577-Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands, present-day Belgium, May 30, 1640), also known as Peter Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul, Pieter Pauwel or Petrus Paulus, was a Baroque painter of the Flemish school. His exuberant style emphasizes dynamism, color and sensuality. His main influences came from the art of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Renaissance painting, especially Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, whose representation of anatomy he admired, especially Titian. His disciples or assistants were: Jacob Jordaens, Gaspar de Crayer, Theodor van Thulden, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Cornelis de Vos and Anton van Dyck, whose work was to complete several commissions for the Spanish Court in Madrid.7 They are known to this day almost nine thousand drawings by his hand. Measurements: 40 x 30 cm. Framed measurements: 70 x 60 cm. Unreserved lot, liquidation of an important inheritance, property of a private collection, Spain.
