Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Susanna and the Elders”

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1. Description of the painting by Rembrandt Harmens vann Rijn “Susanna and the Elders”This is an ancient history, as old as the world, but it is no less relevant today. Beauty Susanna was so charming and beautiful that she unwittingly seduced two elders. Then one day, when the beauty went to bathe, two elders came out of the darkness and tried to force her to go to their […]...
2. Description of the painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Straw hat”Before us is a picture of the great Rubens – “The Straw Hat” or, as it is otherwise called, “The Portrait of Susanna Fourment”. Despite the fact that the woman depicted does not have a hat made of straw, but a piece of felt, the picture is called the “Straw Hat”. From what? The thing […]...
3. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Perseus and Andromeda”One of the most striking masterpieces, which is still relevant today, is, of course, the work of Perseus and Andromeda, one of the greatest artists of Peter Paul Rubens, a painter from Holland. Indeed, you should not even look at this picture for a long time, as you immediately feel the deep dynamics of this […]...
4. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “St. George and the Dragon”Depicted in the picture of St. George the Victorious embodies the defender of the entire Christian world. According to the legend, in one city, an evil king ruled who despised all Christians. He decided to feed all the children of the city to a huge dragon living near the settlement. The inhabitants of the city […]...
5. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Abduction of Ganymede”In ancient Roman or ancient Greek mythology there is a beautiful story about a very beautiful, one might even say, divinely beautiful young man named Ganymede. His beauty was so captivating that the nymphs and even the goddesses of Olympus instantly fell in love with him. In the end, Zeus himself fell in love with […]...
6. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Otselyublie Romani”Rubens – singer in the age-old love of life, the depth of its manifestation that does not recognize a framework convention and stupid rules imposed by individual company. He, paradoxically, also views the plot of the “Father’s Love of the Roman Woman” through the prism of his perception of the world. … The father of […]...
7. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Fur coat”After the death of his first wife in 1626, Rubens marries a second time, his wife becomes the daughter of his friend, young Elena Fament, with whom he lived a happy 10 years of life until his death. During this period, she very often posed for the portraits of her husband, helping her to create […]...
8. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Isabella Brant”The painting “Isabella Brant” by Peter Paul Rubens was finished by him in 1926. At the moment, the canvas is the property of the Cleveland Museum of Art. It depicts the first wife of the painter a few months before his death. The fact is that she died from the plague, having barely crossed the […]...
9. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Bathsheba at the Fountain”Peter Paul Rubens is a famous Dutch artist who lived in the years 1577-1640. He painted pictures on a variety of topics, but those that are written in biblical scenes were his best pieces. The painting “Bathsheba at the Fountain” is written based on biblical stories. Of course, people far from the history and the […]...
10. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens painting “Garden of Love”Cloth by Rubens “Garden of Love”, or as it is also called the “Garden of Lovers”, is often interpreted as a description of a certain period of the artist’s life, or rather, the time after his second marriage. Perhaps this is so. Especially if you consider that the picture was painted by Rubens for the […]...
11. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Venus and Adonis”Venus and Adonis goes back to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which tell the story of the first mortal who became Venus’s lover. Adonis was a young hunter, and Venus, when she was with him, often warned him about how dangerous this could be for him. But the young man did not listen to the warnings of the […]...
12. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Madonna and Child”In the painting by Peter Paul Rubens, “Madonna and Child”, there is an image of Our Lady with Jesus in her arms. The image of holy people is always attributed to religious subjects. However, here we do not see any references to the Bible writings. We can say that we have a household story: a […]...
13. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Union of Land and Water”We have before us a beautiful canvas by Rubens, on which, as we see, the “Union of Earth and Water” is captured. But it should be more specific to deal with this issue and put everything in its place, since Rubens was far from being an abstract artist, but more a symbolist, and everyone, even […]...
14. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus”The plot of the painting “The Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus” was taken by the great Flemish painter from the myth of the Dioscuri brothers who kidnapped two daughters from their father, King Leucippus. According to the myth, the kidnappers are beauties of cousins ​​who want to marry their beautiful sisters. The picture created […]...
15. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Adam and Eve”A painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Adam and Eve” is written in a biblical story. This work is almost a complete copy of the work of Titian. Artists of those times, as well as modern ones, had many reasons for copying paintings. But Peter Paul Rubens certainly did not do it for the money. He […]...
16. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Three Graces”The pictorial painting of the baroque epoch “Three Graces” (1639) is painted by the artist South Peterlanter Peter Paul Rubens. The dimensions of the canvas – 221Х181 cm, the technique of execution – oil on wood. This masterpiece of art belongs to the late period of Rubens, which began in the 1630s. At this time, […]...
17. Description of the painting by Edward Manet “Susanna”Edouard Manet – a painter from the capital of France, who worked in the XIX century and became in those years the recognized ancestor of the new trend in art – impressionism. In the period of mature creativity in 1870, the artist wrote a portrait of his wife – “Susanna”. In general, for all her […]...
18. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Allegory of War and Peace”This picture is an example of how art is sometimes capable of solving world-wide problems. The work of Peter Paul Rubens “Allegory of War and Peace” was commissioned from the artist by the Spanish king for a gift to the English king. The peace treaty between Spain and England was signed largely due to the […]...
19. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Prometheus Bound”Everyone knows the story of the Greek myth of Prometheus. He was severely punished by Zeus. Him chained to a rock and doomed to eternal suffering. Every day the eagle flew and pecked at his liver, but the next day it grows again. Why did Prometheus deserve such anger? He, in secret from Zeus, gave […]...
20. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens painting “Toilet of Venus”Peter Paul Rubens lived and worked in the Renaissance and Baroque. The main feature of this era was the popularization of art of the ancient world. That is why in this picture we see the image of the Roman goddess of love and beauty – Venus. The central image of work is, of course, Venus […]...
21. Description of the painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Caledonian Boar Hunting”Or else this picture is called “Caledonian boar”. This story from Greek mythology inspired Rubens to write 4 canvases of a similar hunting scene for a wild boar, from different angles and at different moments of the hunt. The Calydonian boar, a huge, ferocious and terrible beast, was the son of a Krommion pig. The […]...
22. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Woman’s Portrait”Paul Rubens is a typical representative of the Renaissance, with his characteristic desire to exalt the ancient images, while creating real masterpieces of painting and sculpture. The artist pays special attention to the writing of female portraits. In the Middle Ages, the image of naked female bodies was a forbidden fruit, the Renaissance allowed to […]...
23. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Return of Diana from the hunt”Rubens preferred to paint on various plots of ancient times. Particularly attracted his goddess Diana. The fact is that the myth about her connected at once two topics. One of them is hunting. At that time, only the privileged strata of society could hunt. The artist created a series of large paintings. If in other […]...
24. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Adoration of the Shepherds”Rubens painting was the final sketch for the grand altar image. This creation is characterized by a special tonality of reddish color. Also worth noting is the free texture of the master brush strokes of the painter. You can feel the influence on Rubens painting in Venice. For later works of the artist such a […]...
25. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Crucifixion”The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ is one of the most popular and beloved scenes of Renaissance and Baroque artists. Peter Paul Rubens resorts to this story in 1606. Most at work attracts the attention of the body image of Jesus Christ. He was crucified on a high wooden cross. The man’s body is completely limp […]...
26. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Bacchus”Rubens is a Flemish painter, master of Baroque – his paintings represent practically the essence of this style. He is cheerful, bright, with a lot of details, they celebrate life and glorify it, representing almost a slap in the face of death. Preferred religious and mythological subjects, especially revealing the myths of ancient Greece. Bacchus […]...
27. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The beating of babies”The period from 1600 to 1608 in the work of Rubens is closely associated with Italy and Spain. It was here that he plunged into classical art, and especially in the Renaissance. Returning to Antwerp, under the influence of the brilliant works of Italian authors, the artist creates a number of canvases of mythological and […]...
28. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Hunt for Hippo”The painting was painted in 1616. The hippopotamus is depicted much less than in reality. But if you look at the whole, then the appearance of the animal is transmitted correctly. From the mouth of a hippo stick fangs. Rubens created a whole series of paintings on the subject of hunting. The viewer pays tribute […]...
29. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Judgment of Paris”Rubens wrote on this popular subject of ancient times a number of magnificent paintings. Why was he attracted by this topic? The artist liked that it is possible to depict nude female bodies on the grand background of a magnificent landscape. We see Paris. He wears a traditional shepherd outfit. He very carefully considers the […]...
30. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Venus and Mars”Peter Paul Rubens – author of the painting “Venus and Mars”, size 133×142. Venus is known as the goddess of love, in Roman mythology. Mars is known as the husband of Venus. Rubens became one of the founders of the new style of art – baroque. Bright images, fluffy and overweight figures in motion. The […]...
31. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Samson and Delilah”Under the influence of works by Italian artists Rubens created works on religious themes. On the canvas “Samson and Delilah,” written around 1609, depicts one of the biblical episodes. The author finds the characters as historical subjects, without putting religious meaning in them. Samson, born and raised among the submissive insults, humiliations and disgrace of […]...
32. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Adoration of the Magi”A popular story is the adoration of the Magi from the Gospel of St.. Matthew became an equally popular theme in medieval painting. On this subject, pictures are written by virtually all famous artists of the era. Only Rubens has about one dozen paintings on this subject. But the work of the master of the […]...
33. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Christ in the crown of thorns”This picture refers to the early work of Peter Paul Rubens, but here you can already see that the master knows human anatomy well. Creating in the Baroque era, the artist studied a lot the works of ancient masters, their sculptural heritage. Therefore, in this work we see a thorough drawing of all the muscles […]...
34. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Portrait of Anna of Austria”1622-25; canvas, oil; 105 x 93; Louvre “Portrait of Anna of Austria”, located in the Louvre, refers to the more mature works of the artist, a representative of the Flemish school. The canvas depicts the daughter of the Spanish king Philip the Third and Margaret of Austria, the future spouse of Louis the Thirteenth. Inclined […]...
35. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Portrait of a womanwoman Infanta Isabella”In 1625, Rubens created a pencil portrait of a female woman. He did not like this type of women. Usually in his paintings you can see the ladies, striking the pomp of bodies. The artist has depicted almost a girl. She is very young. This is a real flower that is very fragile. In all […]...
36. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Castle of the walls”After the great Flemish painter Rubens acquired the Castle of the Walls in 1635, a new period began in the work of the painter, who was named Stenova. The painting “Castle walls” refers to this period in the works of the artist. Walking through the castle and inspired by the picturesque surroundings, Rubens focuses on […]...
37. Description of the painting by Peter Paul Rubens “Landscape with a rainbow”Peter Paul Rubens is a Flemish painter who embodied in his works the vitality, mobility and sensuality of European painting of the Baroque era. Paul rarely painted landscapes – his work forced him to engage in live scenes, but still he created several pictures of his favorite landscape. Walking astride his native terrain, Rubens sometimes […]...
38. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens painting “Boar Hunting”Speaking of Rubens and examining his work, most art critics fail to hold back admiring sighs. Each canvas is drawn by the author in sufficient detail, he pays attention even to those elements that seem to be completely eluded. But only thanks to the detailed general drawing, that enthusiastic impression is created when viewing the […]...
39. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “The Four Philosophers”The picture of this gifted and talented artist has a special meaning and value for Rubens himself. “Just Lipsius and his students” is another name for this canvas, and the peculiarity lies in the fact that the artist painted the most dear people in the picture – his brother, his close friend and person, whose […]...
40. Description of the painting by Peter Rubens “Self-portrait”The great Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens painted many paintings in which he used his own self-portrait. Before him, so many of his images did not do any artist. Unlike the portraits of other people written by him, made in the so-called baroque style – in lush rich clothes with heavy expensive accessories, the self-portraits […]...