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1. Peter Paul Rubens

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   Rubens returned to Antwerp in 1609 upon hearing of his mother’s illness, swiftly establishing himself as the premier court painter. He married Isabella Brant shortly thereafter. His studio quickly scaled into a massive industrial workshop necessary to manage the deluge of commissions following the establishment of the Austro-Spanish Netherlands.
   Rubens employed numerous specialists: [Abraha…

2. Peter Paul Rubens

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   Late Career and Death
   Rubens maintained his relentless pace until his death in 1640 from complications related to gout and an acute shortage of high-quality Venetian lead white. His final works show an increased interest in landscape, reflecting a growing weariness with human conflict. These later landscapes, such as Landscape with a Rainbow, are peculiar in that the horizons are consistently rendered at an el…