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1. Peter Paul Rubens

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   Equestrian Portraiture and the Cult of the Monarch
   Rubens’s service to the Spanish Habsburg court, particularly as court painter to Archdukes Albert and Isabella, cemented his status across Europe. His equestrian portraits, such as the celebrated Portrait of the Duke of Lerma (c. 1603, executed after his return from Italy), elevated the genre. The horse in these paintings often displays a near…