Pictura: allegory of painting, with a nude woman at center grinding pigments, two putti drawing at lower right
ca. 1610–50
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 5/16 × 7 5/8 in. (28.8 × 19.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.7634
Tags
About the Artist
Peter Paul Rubens|Cornelis Galle I · 1577–1640
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) stands as the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition and the greatest exponent of Baroque painting's dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Born in Siegen, Westphalia, and raised in Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education studying Latin and classical literature before pursuing artistic training under three masters: Tobias Verhaecht, Adam ...