PETEL, Jörg
(b. 1601, München, d. 1634, Augsburg)

Bust of Rubens

1633
Fired clay, bronzed, 68 x 67 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

The German artist Jörg Petel modelled a highly expressive bust of P.P. Rubens in 1633. He became the pioneer of German Baroque sculpture, partly because of the many contacts he had with the leading figures of the Flemish Baroque.