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The World of Rubens by CV Wedgwood and the editors of Time-Life publications.
The Flemish Peter Paul Rubens was one of the most versatile and influential artists of his time. With his smoothly painted, colorful paintings he became famous throughout Europe - all royal courts ordered paintings from him. His monumental performances were often so convincing that they overwhelmed or even shocked viewers. Rubens painted history paintings, landscapes, hunting scenes and portraits, but also designed sculptures, title pages and tapestries.
Author: Cicely Veronica Wedgwood Dame (Cicely) Veronica Wedgwood OM DBE was an English historian who published under the name CV Wedgwood. Specializing in the history of 17th-century England and continental Europe, her biographies and narrative histories offered "a clear, entertaining middle ground between popular and scholarly works."