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Rubens
is often called Prince of Baroque painters.
In his style he successfully united the features
of Northern and Flemish art with those of Italy.
His influence on the painters of his century
was enormous, as it was on sculpture and architecture.
He was a versatile genius and rivalled in inventive
power the great minds of the Italian Renaissance.
He was a humanist and classical archaeologist,
a sumptuous designer of religious, historical
and allegorical canvases and a supreme master
in 'pure' landscape. Rubens was endlessly active.
There are thousands of works by his hand, scattered
through collections and museums across the world.
The paintings amount to more than three thousand.
He also gave the world the great number of pupils,
the celebrated artists van Dyck, Jordaens, Snyders
and Cornelis de Vos are among them.
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