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How Did Peter Paul Rubens Acquisition Of Cross Or Rising Of The Cross

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Peter Paul Rubens was a famous Flemish Baroque painter that focused his paintings on color and sensuality. Artists around the world know him for his very famous Counter-Reformation altarpieces which showed the conversation of Laity. He is also known for his portraits, landscapes and mythological topics of painting. Due to his overwhelming talent Rubens achieved more than just extravagant paintings, he was a very educated humanist scholar who later became a diplomat and was knighted by King Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. Elevation of the Cross or Rising of the Cross was painted by Rubens in 1610 after he arrived at Flanders from Italy. It is a triptych oil painted on panel where the center panel is 460x340 cm and both wings are
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