Religious paintings (1620s)
by Peter Paul RUBENS

Change to a High-Baroque style can be seen in Rubens's work after 1620, and it is associated with a magnitude of scale hitherto unknown on Flemish painting. The propagandist nature of the cycles and their colourful decorative effect with strong Venetian traits, are elements typical of the artist's other work of the same time. As a result his altarpieces in particular bear the stamp of Counter-Reformation triumphalism even more strongly than before.


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The Virgin and Child in a Garland of Flowers
1621
Oil on canvas, 83,5 x 65 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris


Virgin and Child
1620-24
Oil on wood, 65 x 48 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels


Virgin and Child
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Oil on panel, 62 x 50 cm
St.-Niklaaskerk, Brussels


St Roch Altarpiece
1623-26
Oil on canvas
St Maartenskerk, Aalst


The Adoration of the Magi
1624
Oil on panel, 447 x 336 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp


The Adoration of the Magi (detail)
1624
Oil on panel
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp


The Adoration of the Magi (detail)
1624
Oil on panel
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp


The Education of the Virgin
1625-26
Oil on canvas, 193 x 140 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels


Adoration of the Magi
1626-29
Oil on canvas, 283 x 219 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris


Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints
c. 1628
Oil on canvas, 564 x 408 cm
St. Augustinuskerk, Antwerp


Annunciation
c. 1628
Oil on canvas
Rubens House, Antwerp


Immaculate Conception
c. 1628
Oil on canvas, 198 x 137 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid



Summary of works by Rubens
Religious themes
until 1616 | 1617-20 | 1620s | 1630s
Altarpieces in Antwerp Cathedral | Biblical scenes
Mythological themes
until 1614 | 1614-29 | 1630s
Large royal projects | Allegorical themes
Portraits
until 1629 | 1630s
Miscellaneous
Landscapes | Hunting and other themes
Graphic works | Architecture



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