Peter Paul Rubens

by Piotrovksy, Mikhail; Gritsay, Natalya; Larionov, Alexey; Vegelin Van Claer; Durante, Stephanie-Suzanne; Cuno, James

• ISBN13: 9783791330266
• ISBN10: 3791330268
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

Two celebrated and complementary collections of Rubens' sketches - in the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - are brought together to form the basis of this study of the artist's work.
Often regarded as one of the most compelling and remarkable aspects of the artist's work, Rubens' oil sketches reveal the genesis of many of his most important commissions. This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Hermitage Rooms, Courtauld Institute of Art, focuses on Rubens' projects where the Hermitage and Courtauld holdings are exceptionally rich, including the ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall, and the now lost ceiling of the Jesuit church in Antwerp. By bringing together preparatory material from a number of major commissions this book aims to provide a concentrated account of the role of the oil sketch in Rubens' work.

Table of Contents

Trustees and Supporters	p. 6
Directors' Foreword	p. 7
Drawing in Colour	p. 9
'Everything connected with Rubens interests me': Collecting Rubens' Oil Sketches: The Case of Count Antoine Seilern	p. 23
Rubens in 1611: The Turning Point	p. 31
The Role of Sketches in Rubens' Work on the Ceiling of the Banqueting House of the Palace of Whitehall	p. 45
Catalogue
The Descent from the Cross	p. 54
The Assumption of the Virgin	p. 62
The Conversion of St Paul	p. 66
The Ceilings of the Jesuit Church, Antwerp	p. 74
The Medici Cycle	p. 86
The Ceiling of the Banqueting House, Whitehall	p. 94
The Triumphal Entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp	p. 102
Additional Works	p. 112
Lenders to the Exhibition and Photographic Credits	p. 127
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