Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles; ; Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France, landing in Marseilles, 3 November 1600;

During the seventeenth century, Peter Paul Rubens was renowned as one of the greatest and most popular of all Baroque artists in Europe. He masterfully combined artistic developments from antiquity, the Italian Renaissance and Italian Baroque with his own Flemish painting heritage; the result was an innovative, dynamic style, known as International Baroque, which was truly the first pan-European manner. His exceptional education, courtly manners, social connections and intellectual abilities made him a favorite among all of the important courts at the time, not only as an artist, but also as a... Mehr ...