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Rubens Peter Paul
(1577—1640)

Foremost Flemish painter of the 17th cent., b. Siegen, Westphalia, where his family had gone into exile because of his father’s Calvinist beliefs.After his father’s death in 1587, the family returned to Antwerp. There the young Rubens attended a Jesuit school, served as court page, and became an accomplished linguist. After 1591 he was apprenticed... More...

Guyana, 2004, Paintings from the Hermitage

Guyana, 2004, «Statue of Ceres»

Maldives, 2004, Paintings from the Hermitage