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Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait
Name:Peter Paul Rubens
Gender:male
Born:Siegen
Died:Antwerpen
Father:Jan Rubens (1530 - 1587)
Mother:Maria Pypelinck (1538 - 1608)

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Attributes

Category Attribute Value Date startDate end
Subject of painting Historiehistoriestukken
Subject of painting Illustratieillustraties
Subject of painting Landschaplandschappen
Subject of painting Portretportretten

Relations

Relation Modifier Date startDate end
Artistic
collaborated with Boëtius Adamsz. a Bolswert
collaborated with Schelte Adamsz. a Bolswert
portrayed Jan Moerentorf
portrayed Justus Lipsius
portrayed Philip Rubens
portrayed Alethea Howard née Talbot Countess of Arundel
portrayed George Villiers hertog van Buckingham
portrayed Jan Gaspard Gevaerts
portrayed Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel
worked under commission for Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau
Business
is employer of Lucas Emil Vorsterman I
is employer of Nicolaes Ryckemans
is employer of Paulus Pontius
is employer of Lucas van Uden
is employer of Willem Panneels
Education and training
master of Hendrick Dubois Icertain
master of Victor Wolfvoet IIcertain
master of Geeraard Weriprobably
master of Karel Wautierprobably
master of Lucas van Udenprobably
master of Jan Thomas van Yperenprobably
master of David Teniers Icertain
master of Jan Stockcertain
master of Nicolaes van der Horstcertain
master of Lucas Franchoys IIcertain
master of Jacques Foucquierdisputed
master of Geerard van Herpdisputed
master of Abraham Jansz van Diepenbeeckdisputed
master of Jan van den Hoeckeprobably
master of Jan van den Berghprobably
master of Jan Baptist Borrekenscertain
master of Samuel Hoffmancertain
master of Miguel Manrique Esmeradocertain
master of NN Pennemaeckercertain
master of Jan van Houbrakenprobably
master of Frans Luyckxcertain
master of Lucas Faydherbecertain
master of Deodat van der Montcertain
master of Gérard Douffetdisputed
master of Pieter Claesz. Soutmancertain
master of Jacob Moermanscertain
master of Willem Panneelscertain
master of Joost van Egmontcertain
master of Frans Wouterscertain
master of Matthijs Jansz. van den Berghprobably
pupil of Tobias Verhaechtcertain
pupil of Adam van Noortcertain
pupil of Otto van Veencertain
Friendship
assisted at marriage Jan Wildens
assisted at marriage Jan Baptist Borrekens
assisted at marriage David Teniers II
contributed to the album amicorum of Philips van Valckenisse
nominates as executor Jacob Moermans
travelling-companion of Joost van Egmont
witnessed baptism of Maria van Balen
witnessed baptism of NN Vorsterman
witnessed baptism of Peter Paul Jeghers
witnessed baptism of Peter Paul Borrekens
witnessed baptism of Peeter-Pauwels Moermans
Housing
bought a house from Hans Tijsz
employed as domestic servant Jan van den Bergh
residential landlord of Paulus Pontius

References

External biographical records

Primary sources

  1. Houbraken, Arn., De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen, waar van 'er vele met hunne beeltenissen ten tooneel verschynen, … zynde een vervolg op het schilderboek van K. van Mander (3 vols.), Amsterdam: Arnold Houbraken (1718-1721), volume 1: 61-76

Secondary sources

  1. Adler, Wolfgang, Jan Wildens, der Landschaftsmitarbeiter des Rubens, Fridingen: Graf Klenau (1980)
  2. Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (ed.) Rubens, Gent: Snoeck; Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux (2004)
  3. Devisscher, Hans, Peter Paul Rubens : aanbidding der koningen, [Palet], Bloemendaal: Becht (1992)
  4. Génard, P., 'De testamenten van Petrus Paulus Rubens', De Vlaamsche School 9 (1863), pp. 141-148. <URL: https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_vla010186301_01/_vla010186301_01_0100.php>
  5. Groenendijk, Pieter, Beknopt biografisch lexicon van Zuid- en Noord-Nederlandse schilders, graveurs, glasschilders, tapijtwevers et cetera van ca. 1350 tot ca. 1720, Leiden: Primavera (2008)
  6. Haak, B., Hollandse schilders in de gouden eeuw, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff-Landshoff (1984)
  7. Held, Julius S., Rubens and his circle: studies (eds. Lowenthal, Anne W., Rosand, David & Walsh Jr, John), Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press (1979)
  8. Lecaldano, Paolo & Camesasca, Ettore (eds.) Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Rubens (2 vols.), [Meesters der schilderkunst], Rotterdam: Lekturama (1980)
  9. Levert, Stephanie, "Étrangers, mais habitués en cette ville de Paris". Les artistes néerlandais à Paris (1550-1700) : une prosopographie, Paris: s.n. (2017), (Proefschrift Universiteit Utrecht). <URL: https://hdl.handle.net/1874/356089>
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  11. Miesel, Victor H., Rubens and ancient art, s.l.: s.n. (1959), (Ph.D-Thesis, University of Michigan)
  12. Roberts-Jones, Philippe, De Wilde, Éliane & Dechaux, Carine (eds.) Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours : depuis les premiers maîtres des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la principauté de Liège jusqu’aux artistes contemporains, Bruxelles: La Renaissance du Livre (1995), (édition en ligne). <URL: http://balat.kikirpa.be/peintres/>, 4570
  13. Thieme, Ulrich & Becker, Felix, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Band 29, Leipzig: Engelmann (1935)
  14. Toliopoulou, Evangélie, L’Art et les artistes des Pays-Bas à Paris au XVIIème siècle, Paris: Université Paris-Sorbonne (1991), (thèse de doctorat), 167-200 & 414-417
  15. Van Suchtelen, Ariane, 'Rubens & Brueghel. Een artistieke vriendschap', Kunstschrift 29-3 (2006), pp. 26-37
  16. Von Simson, Otto Georg, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): Humanist, Maler und Diplomat, Mainz: Von Zabern (1996)
  17. Von Wurzbach, Alfred, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon (3 vols.), Leipzig: Halm und Goldmann (1906-1911). <URL: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/wurzbach1906ga>