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彼得·保罗·鲁本斯（1577–1640） · Public domain
1577–1640
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens · 比利时
17th-century Flemish Baroque painter and diplomat (1577–1640).
Born in Siegen (now Germany), he returned to Antwerp with his mother as a child against the background of his family's religious exile; in 1600 he went to Italy to study, and after 1608 settled in Antwerp, where he ran one of the most famous studios in Europe at the time, producing large numbers of religious and mythological works as well as portraits and landscapes, and travelling as a diplomatic envoy between the courts of Spain, England, and others.
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Places in their life
Birthplace Siegen (now Germany); place of activity and burial Antwerp (now Belgium).
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Cultural significance
The representative figure of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensual fullness; "Rubenesque" remains a common word for a full-figured body.