100 Great Artists

'70 PETER PAUL RUBENS

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eter I'au! R ul>ens "",,, the IJO<SCs,;o, of

phenomenal gifts, toge,her ",i,h the

physical ""ergy and orgoni""ional

abili,y to cxerec'" ,h",,,. A< ",elJ as being an

cXP<IflL"n' of the Iu;;h Ih"''lue St}k tha, he had

acquircd in Italy (C"r~,".ggio ,,-as a kcy

innu<:n"", whc"c work Rubcns con,inu<:d to

champion aC"'SS northcrn Europe), he ,,-as

Rom:!n C.tholic, multilingual. .nd al"<l'n' .... :!

.ml .. s,""~,, for 'he llap'hurg rulcrS of the

Spanish ,,"ethcrlands. His StatuS as Court

p.in"". c.,cl1~,""l Rulo:n< r"'m l"'lingt:!.,.,..,.J i,

als" fr""J him fr"m guild rub: he ",..]d d'1~oy,

witMut re,meto,n<, ,he huge ,,,,<lio ,tiff net,l«l

n, carry uut.D his "'mmissi<lfls, many uf wl-.""

had ,heir own 'I""';aliti.,..

Thc", ""'H"issiolls chicny consisted of

dynamic imagcry des.igned to tcmp' people

a,,",y f". " ,hc "'. nh", I'''''e,'''n,i'm of the

RL{o<J"a,.",. It was ",ha' 'he Co th<llic C hurch

and Eur<1,can ",}",I,y "''luired for 'hcir

Il«,"gan<b Purl. '«:<, Drlwing up<ln his Lotin