The Drawings of Peter Paul Rubens, A Critical Catalogue, Volume Two (1609 - 1620). Part One: Text and Part Two: Images

Anne-Marie Logan, Kristin Lohse Belkin

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Pages:2 vols, 732 p.Illustrations:291 col. Language(s):English. Hardback. Brepols, Publication Year:2023 -- SUMMARY This is Volume II in the three-volume catalogue raisonné of the drawings by Rubens covering the years 1609 20. The project is a collaboration between Anne-Marie Logan, to whom belong all the Rubens attributions, and Kristin Lohse Belkin. It is the first publication that presents the artist s entire drawn oeuvre in chronological order, previous such publications containing only selections of drawings. By leafing through the illustrations, this arrangement offers the user a quick visual impression of the variety of techniques, media, subject matter and functions of Rubens s drawings at any one time. Accordingly, Volume II consists of the drawings from the time of Rubens s return from Italy and the establishment of his workshop in Antwerp to the completion of his contribution to the furnishing and decoration of the city s new Jesuit church, today s St. Charles Borromeo. The decade is characterized by a broad range of genres and iconography: large altarpieces stand next to cabinet-size pictures, book illustrations next to designs for tapestry, sculpture and architectural reliefs; religious, mythological and historical subjects alternate with allegories, portraits, exotic hunts and scenes from country life. Copies after other artists works that constitute such a large part of Rubens s early years discussed in Volume I have given way to original inventions in pen and ink and, above all, by life studies in chalk of the human body, naked or dressed. The whole spectrum of Rubens s extraordinary creativity, nowhere presented as directly and immediately as in his drawings, is there to be contemplated in all its astonishing diversity. Each entry consists of a detailed physical description of the drawing, provenance, exhibition history, full bibliography and a critical, interpretive discussion. All drawings by Rubens as well as a selection of comparative images are reproduced in color. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: Text Introduction to the Catalogue Acknowledgments Peter Paul Rubens (1577 1640): Timeline 1609 1620 Catalogue Entries PART II: Plates Catalogue Illustrations Bibliography Exhibitions List of Illustrations Index of Names Photographic Credits. Seller Inventory # ca783

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