. A short history of art . HELENA FOURMENTThe artists second o a Pi <o - g T3S Pi O ?a S3 o ^ THIRD NETHERLANDISH, FLEMISH PERIOD Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Peter Paul Rubens, the leader of the Flemish revival, wasa consummate painter, an enlightened scholar, a skilfuldiplomatist, and an accomplished man of the world. Hepursued his early studies, first with Adam van Noort, andlater with Otto van Veen. In 1600 he went to Italy, wherehe was profoundly impressed with the Venetian rich pension, and an appointment as court painter toAlbert and Isabella, Regents of the Nethe
. A short history of art . HELENA FOURMENTThe artists second o a Pi <o - g T3S Pi O ?a S3 o ^ THIRD NETHERLANDISH, FLEMISH PERIOD Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Peter Paul Rubens, the leader of the Flemish revival, wasa consummate painter, an enlightened scholar, a skilfuldiplomatist, and an accomplished man of the world. Hepursued his early studies, first with Adam van Noort, andlater with Otto van Veen. In 1600 he went to Italy, wherehe was profoundly impressed with the Venetian rich pension, and an appointment as court painter toAlbert and Isabella, Regents of the Netherlands, bound himby a chain of gold to his own native country, whither healways returned after his joumeyings. He built himself asplendid house at Antwerp in the Italian style. Rubens was a most prolific artist, of abundant force andfervid imagination, yet of a cool and concise intellectualitywhich enabled him to work with deliberate calculation. Heis represented not only in Flanders, but in all the greatgalleries of the world, while in the Louvre is his famous
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