I am a peace loving man. I believe that it ought to be the first wish of every honest man to live and tranquility of mind. I am sorry that all kings and princes are not of this humor. The words of Peter Paul Rubens writing to a friend in france in sixteen thirty six a time when the Catholic Church was fighting to counter the effects of the reformation. His allegorical canvas the consequences of war is considered one of the very first anti war images rubens at once a catholic and a humanist achieved superstar status in his day and remains a towering figure in the history of western european art. And if you could do everything to the very highest standards of the he was among the most paneuropean artists of his day or the favorite painter of europes leading corps they talian art served him as a prime source of inspiration. Assuming the limits and oh he stole with his eyes the theres a reason hes called one of the biggest thieves in art history. You could study very been seen entire lifet
take for example the very famous invitation to the wedding of nadia domenici and florence and sixteen hundred. and said it was something of a precursor to goes twenty years later on to be appointed by the tuscan princes to the french court. and by then she was the dowager queen of france and she wanted him to design a gallery of the new fairly new look from borg with commemorating episodes from her life and denied me deceased. from a modern day vantage ruben s appears quite the charming jetsetter brilliant at networking entirely without the help of facebook and twitter. someone who knew how to make himself the topic of conversation while at the same time possessing an ability to converse with anyone about anything. he also diligently continued his own education through an intensive study of the fine arts that abound