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I think painting Vulcan/Hephaistos was so popular amongst baroque painters because it gave them a rare opportunity to portray an art/craft as masculine and heroic. Here's Rubens' pupil Cornelis Schut's (b. 13 May 1587) version, complete with humorous barrow boy.

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2021-05-13

Diana and her Nymphs Surprised by the Fauns, 1640

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2021-05-10

Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1610

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2021-05-10



Meglio imitare Democrito che Eraclito: questo, ogni volta che usciva in pubblico, piangeva, quello rideva: all’uno tutte le nostre azioni parevano misere, all’altro stupidaggini. è più da uomini ridere della vita che piangerne...
Seneca

🖼Rubens

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2021-05-09

Drunken Bacchus with Faun and Satyr

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2021-05-08

Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens
Madonna and Child in a Garland of Fruit and Flowers

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2021-05-07

On voit parfois plus clair dans celui qui ment que dans celui qui dit vrai. La vérité, comme la lumière, aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau crépuscule, qui met chaque objet en valeur.
La Chute (1956) de Albert
La chute d'Icare - peintre baroque flamand

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2021-05-06

May 4, 1784: American artist Rubens Peale is born in Philadelphia.

Rubens' father, painter Charles Willson Peale, named a number of his children after famous artists: Rembrandt, Raphaelle, Sophonisba, Titian, and of course Rubens. Many became accomplished artists themselves. 🎨

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2021-05-05