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Lo spettacolo della pittura di Rubens e quello delle composizioni di Händel, due giganti, artisti discutibili e ricchi imprenditori che seppero cogliere flessibilmente e perfettamente le aspettative del pubblico dell'epoca. @isidemoni @vighicarlo @beigua1962 @Latorrenadia62
'Peace and War' illustrates Rubens's hopes for the peace he was trying to negotiate between England and Spain in his role as envoy to Philip IV of Spain. Rubens presented the finished work to Charles I of England as a gift: https://t.co/u8gDvC4FHG
From Nature in the Garden. 👨🎨Rubens Peale, 1856. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
#FelizViernes ☀️
"The Flame of Hope" Rubens, Legend of Mana
(or as my boy called him "FireBoyHot") 🔥✨
@TheNewPainting @UffiziGalleries Portrait of Michelangelo on Italian money and Saint Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1598-99 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. M. was a source of inspiration for Peter Paul Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Rembrandt in the use of light and shadow.
Marlene Dietrich is held up by soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division as she kisses a homecoming G.I., 1945. // A choir of angels lift up the Virgin Mary in ‘The Assumption of the Holy Virgin’, altarpiece in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1626.
All great artists drew a lion or two: Rembrandt's lioness devouring a bird combines careful study with vigorous execution, seen especially in the freely-drawn hindquarters. A nice contrast to Rubens's monumental lions, both studies for paintings (Daniel and Samson) #WorldLionDay
Death of Seneca
Alexander Voet, Peter Paul Rubens
Prints, Engraving
Flemish, 17th century
El Museo del Prado conserva la única Inmaculada pintada por Rubens. Lógicamente una devoción tan afín a España, que la defendió a ultranza, sólo podía haber sido encargada por un español: el marqués de Leganés. Tras su reciente restauración ha recuperado el formato original.
Peter Paul Rubens
The Miracles of Saint Francis Xavier, circa 1617
Oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
;) @PP_Rubens