The Cotman Collection | Rubens, Peter Paul Sir, 1577 - 1640

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640


A Flemish/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter. He is widely considered as the most notable artist of Flemish Baroque art school. A proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, Rubens is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects