Peter Paul Rubens.

Peter Paul Rubens. A Roman Triumph. about 1630

Pieter Pauwel Rubens was a Flemish artist who is considered one of the greatest painters in Europe. He was one of the main representatives of baroque visual art. Rubens was a very successful artist during his lifetime. As a portrait painter, he was so popular that he had to hire a number of assistants in his studio. Wikipedia

Born: June 28, 1577, Siegen, Germany

Died: 30 May 1640, Antwerp, Belgium

Head of a Franciscan Friar

Portrait of a Chambermaid c. 1625

 

April virtual art tour day 10.

Since all museums are closed I decided to start a virtual art tour  ♥ welcome, and enjoy  today's tour with Dominikos, Peter Paul & Giulio and  Rembrandt  ♥

  

El Greco ( Domínikos Theotokópoulos)  1541-1614

Saint Peter and Saint Paul.  Between 1587-1592

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Sent by Kate in Sosnovy Bor, Russia

 on 2 Aug, 2018

travel time 15 days

distance travelled 489 km

received on 17 Aug, 2018

 Peter Paul Rubens after Giulio Romano

Circle Of Giulio Romano,
Head Of Man With A Helmet, 1620s (1620 - 1630)

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, U.S.A

Sent by Marie in  Hillsboro, U.S.A

 on 20 Mar, 2015

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 7,617 km

received on 2 Apr, 2015 

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1661–1669
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Sent by Tayana in St. Petersburg, Russia

on 23 Aug, 2015

travel time 39 days

distance travelled 515 km

received on 1 Oct, 2015

Happy Easter

Baroque art

Peter Paul Rubens

Statue of Ceres.  1615

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 

Josef Heinz: The Adoration of Shepherds, before, 1600

 National Gallery in Prague

Joseph Heintz the Elder (1564, Basel – 1609, Prague) was a prominent artist and court painter of Emperor Rudolph II in Prague but he also made a name for himself in Augsburg, Germany.

Cecco del Caravaggio 

Christ falls on the road to Calvary 1610

Slovakia National Gallery

Cecco del Caravaggio (active c. 1610 – mid-1620s and born around 1588/) is the notname given to a painter who worked in Rome in the early decades of the 17th century.  Little is known about Cecco del Caravaggio,  but he  presumably is to be identified with the painter Francesco Boneri and who received his name from the close relation with Caravaggio.

I bought these postcards from a flea market in Tallinn, Estonia

Portraits of Men

Petr Brandl (1668-1735) 

Portrait of a Mining Official , about 1728 

The National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

My postcard collection - Baroque painting in Bohemia

Petr Brandl was one of the main representatives of the Baroque in Bohemia.

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 Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Portrait of an old man, 1654

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,183 km

sent by Irina from Moscow

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was  one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish: 1577 - 1640)

Head of a Franciscan Friar Circa 1615

 Rubens, Paintings from the Hermitage Collection

 Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition.

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Orest Kiprensky. (1782-1836)

Portrait of Alexander Pushkin.  1827

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 2,369 km

sent by Anastasia from Chelyabinsk

Orest Adamovich Kiprensky was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me".

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The Huanghe River (part#1)
Li Zijian (1954-) China
travel time 17 days
distance travelled 8,018 km
sent by Emily from Taipei