Sir Peter Paul Rubens Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Peter Paul Rubens NPG D17866

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Wenceslaus Hollar

An exponent of the Baroque style, and a pre-eminent artist of the seventeenth century. He was a leading painter of altarpieces, history painting, large-scale decorations and landscapes. Born in Germany, Rubens moved to Antwerp in around 1588, where he trained with Otto van Veen. He travelled in Italy between 1600 and 1608, where he was influenced by ancient and Italian Renaissance art. In 1609, he became court painter to Archduke Albert and the Infanta Isabella, Governors of the Netherlands for Spain. From 1628 to 1630,... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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