Catalog of an exhibition Rubens: Painter of Sketches held at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain, from April 10-August 5, 2018 and Pure Rubens at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, from September 8, 2018-January 13, 2019. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Sir. Spanish ed. also avail. (see our card no. 4321499, EAN 9788484804703). Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Of the nearly 500 oil sketches executed by Rubens over the course of his career, this exhibition includes 73 loaned from leading institutions world-wide, including the Louvre, the Hermitage, the National Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum, and also from the collections of the Prado and the Boijmans (which have two of the largest holdings of this type). On display for four months in Room C of the Jerónimos Building, the sketches are shown alongside a number of prints, drawings and paintings by Rubens which provide a context for them, bringing the total number of works on display to 93.00Exhibition: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain (10.04.-05.08.2018) / Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (08.09.2018-13.01.2019).
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