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...painted by artists such as Rubens, Ruisdael or Gaspard Dughet. In this talk, Mark Hallett will take us on a tour of Gainsborough’s landscapes, and offer some initial suggestions about...
This panel discussion will explore the structural treatment of Peter Paul Rubens’ The Stormy Landscape with Philomen and Baucis, (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)...
...art and paintings by the 17th-century artist Peter Paul Rubens, alongside important works by Sandro Botticelli, Lucas Cranach and Pieter Bruegel. The displays extend into the 20th century with major...
...painted many artworks with Brueghel painting the animals and Rubens painting the people. Here, in a portrait of his close friend’s family, Rubens has created a remarkable sense of touch...
...painted many artworks with Brueghel painting the animals and Rubens painting the people. Here, in a portrait of his close friend’s family, Rubens has created a remarkable sense of touch...
...Steve McQueen, Bruce Nauman, Rodin, Donald Rodney, Rubens, and Jenny Saville. In 2025 she curated Abstract Erotic: Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Alice Adams, at The Courtauld Gallery. This was accompanied...
...St Martin’s Lane Neighbourhood’ and part 4 ‘From St Martin’s Lane Academy to Royal Academy’, for Bloomberg Connects, 2023 Articles With Sarah Walsh, ‘Peter Paul Rubens, The Family of Jan...
...tradition of Baroque painters such as Rubens and Tiepolo, whom he admired and whose work formed a central part of Seilern’s art collection. Kokoschka reworked biblical and mythological stories in...
...collections bequeathed to the Courtauld. Count Seilern’s bequest (The Princes Gate Collection) is predominantly devoted to Pieter Brueghel Rubens. Sir Robert Witt put together a more diverse but less discriminating...
...CRC Press, 2023. DOI: 10.1201/9781003386872-4. Stonor K., Richardson C., Amato S. R., Nevin A., Burnstock A., ‘Rubens’s Death of Hippolytus (1610-12): How scanning XRF shed new light on old questions’....
New display, ‘The Barber in London: Highlights from a Remarkable Collection’, opens 23 May 2025. Including works by Bellini, Rubens, Gainsborough, Turner, Rossetti, Whistler, Degas and Monet. For further press...
...After the Truce’s expiry, Peter Paul Rubens became exceptionally active as a diplomatic envoy. He accepted major commissions from nations previously at war with Spain, including the Banqueting House ceiling...
