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
into retro painted himself into the scene as a simple worker attentively observing the scene. rubin s imbibed everything he saw. many young artists were drawn to venice at the time but rubens had the advantage of knowing italian presumably having learned it from his father who had spent time working in italy. that helped to make contacts as he strolled through the city to study his role models. like in the dorset do road district home to the church of sun sebastiano. its interior was designed by apollo veteran aisy whose work was