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Rubens: the power of transformation

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The creative study of the important works of his predecessors and contemporaries occupied Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) throughout his life and left its mark on the works he produced over a period of fifty years. The comparison of his works with sculptures from Antiquity and the Renaissance, paintings by Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio and prints by Raimondi and Goltzius reveals a fascinating view of Rubens's surprising transformation of subjects, his new presentation of familiar pictorial themes and his skilled search for the right format. Only thus does the exceptional talent of this great master become tangible.

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    München: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2017

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    • 9783777428581
    • 3777428582

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    Exhibition: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 17 October 2017 - 21 January 2018; Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 8 February - 21 May 2018

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