noblemen get. ruben's position gave him access to the leading our collections in italy. the rich and powerful furnished their residences with magnificent galleries like the trigona in the zero feet see. contemporary art was displayed alongside works of antiquity. in his later paintings rubens would reference the pose of the famous venus. part of his unparalleled skill and his ability to transform a vast variety of stylistic influences from classical to contemporary into a personal style that was new and original. the influence the moves if you have it's hard to overstate the influence of it early on rubens in it can't be summed up in a word. one could say that rubens the real rubens was born and julie.