Johann Kräftner & Wilfried Seipel - Rubens in Vienna. The Masterpieces - The Pictures in the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein, [...]

Johann Kräftner & Wilfried Seipel [et.al., ed.] - Rubens in Vienna. The Masterpieces - The Pictures in the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna -Wien - Christian Brandstätter Verlag - 2004 - 1st edition - [382] pp - Paperback - 25 x 28 cm. - Design: Peter Knehtl & Christian Ziegler.

Condition: Excellent.

Catalogue / monograph of the most important and largest Rubens collection in the world. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in COLOUR. Contributions from experts such as Karl Schütz and Renate Trnek. With bibliography. Text in English. STANDARD WORK.

¶ The Southern Netherlandish Baroque painter Peter Paul (Pieter Pauwel) Rubens (1577-1640) was also a draftsman, tapestry designer and diplomat. After his training with three Flemish painters, he worked i.a. at the court of Mantua, the Archdukes Albert and Isabella of Brussels. He painted many altarpieces with the help of a large studio in Antwerp. Inspired by the art of Antiquity and the Renaissance, he used many mythological motifs in his art. Titian of the Venetian School in particular was an example for him.