Hippopotamus Hunt

(Westfalia 1577- Antwerp 1640)



Petrus Paulus Rubens, Flemish painter of the 17th century and the most complete representative of the Baroque.



Rubens practiced all genres and was the main representative of Flemish painting in his century, to the point of decisively influencing sculpture, engraving, and decoration, in addition to painting.



Son of a councilman from Antwerp who had to leave his country for political reasons, he spent his childhood in Siegen and Cologne....

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