RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel (b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerpen) The Four Continents c. 1620 Oil on canvas. 209 x 284 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The four continents, personified as female figures, are found in the art of the Counter-Reformation where their commonest function, especially in Jesuit churches, is to serve as a reminder of the world-wide spread of Catholic Christendom. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel Title: The Four Continents Time-line: 1601-1650 School: Flemish Form: painting Type: mythological

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