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Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 - 30 May 1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter. 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.
In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors
throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both
Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England.
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