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The eclectic art of which the Carracci family dreamed was realised by Rubens with the ease of genius. However, the problem was much more complicated for a man of the north, who wished to add to it a fusion of the Flemish and Latin spirits, of which the rather pedantic attempts of Romanism had illustrated the difficulties. He achieved it without losing anything of his overflowing personality, his questing imagination, and the enchanting discoveries of the greatest colourist known to painting. Rubens, the greatest master of Baroque painting's exuberance, took from the Italian Renaissance what could be of use to him, and then built upon it a style of his own. It is distinguished by a wonderful mastery of the human form and an amazing wealth of splendidly lighted colour. He was a man of much intellectual poise and was accustomed to court life, travelling from court to court, with pomp, as a trusted envoy. Rubens was one of those rare mortals who do real honour to humanity. He was handsome, good and generous, and he loved virtue. His laborious life was well ordered. The creator of so many delightful pagan feasts went each morning to mass before proceeding to his studio. He was the most illustrious type of happy and perfectly balanced genius, and combined in his personage passion and science, ardour and reflection. Rubens expressed drama as well as joy, since nothing human was foreign to him, and he could command at will the pathos of colour and expression which he required in his religious masterpieces. It might be said that he was as prolific in the representation of the joy and exuberance of life as Michelangelo was in the representation of passionate emotions.
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Table of contents
11. The Adoration of the Shepherds. 1608,
22. Self-Portrait. 1640,
33. Head of an Old Man. around 1609,
44. The Coronation of the Virgin. Around 1609-1611,
55. Virgin and Child in a Garland.
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66. Roman Charity. Around 1612,
77. Christ with the Crown of Thorns (Ecce homo). Before 1612,
88. Jupiter and Callisto. 1613,
99. The Descent from the Cross. Around 1612-1614,
1010. Venus and Adonis. Around 1614,
1111. Three Graces Adorning Nature. 1615,
1212. Statue of Ceres. Around 1615,
1313. Bacchanalia. Around 1615,
1414. Two Satyrs.
1515. Drunken Heracles.
1616. Hagar Leaves the House of Abraham. 1615-1617,
1717. Portrait of a Young Man. 1616-1617,
1818. Portrait of a Young Man.
1919. The Head of the Franciscan. 1615-1617,
2020. Albert and Nicolas Rubens.
2121. The Descent from the Cross. 1618,
2222. The Descent from the Cross.
2323. The Union of Earth and Water. Around 1618,
2424. Four Parts of the World.
2525. Feast at the House of Simon the Pharisee. 1620 (?),
2626. The Carters. Around 1620,
2727. Lion Hunt. Around 1621,
2828. The Garden of Love.
2929. Portrait of Charles de Longueval. 1621,
3030. Perseus and Andromeda. Early 1620s,
3131. Portrait of Marie de’ Médici.
3232. Marie de’ Médici Represented as Pallas. 1622,
3333. The Coronation of Marie de’ Médici.
3434. The Birth of Louis XIII.
3535. The Entry into Lyons. 1622,
3636. The Birth of the Dauphin. 1622,
3737. The Coronation of the Queen. 1622,
3838. The Death of Henri IV and the Proclamation of the Regency. 1622,
39BIOGRAPHY
4039. Self-Portrait with his wife Isabelle Brandt.
4140. Portrait of a Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella. 1623-1625,
4241. The Unification of Great-Britain. Around 1630,
4342. Helene Fourment. 1630-1631,
4443. The Vision of St. Ildefonso.
4544. The Vision of St. Ildefonso. 1630-1631,
4645. The Last Supper. 1631-1632,
4746. Landscape with a Rainbow. 1632-1635,
4847. Felicitations on the Arrival of the Infante Ferdinand in Antwerp. 1634-1635,
4948. The Arch of Ferdinand. 1634,
5049. The Temple of Janus. 1634,
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