Peter Paul Rubens

1577 – 1640

An artist of international renown, even during his own lifetime, Peter Paul Rubens remains one of the most celebrated and influential Flemish artists of the Baroque period. Throughout his long career, Rubens painted religious, historical, and mythological scenes , as well as portraits, for some of Europe’s most prestigious patrons. Rubens designed woven and painted decoration for the courts of France, England, and Spain and also served occasionally as an international diplomat. Rubens’s early style was greatly impacted by an eight-year stay in Italy. His visits to Rome were fundamental to his understanding of. Catechized carries this artist through The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, an open-access Christian artwork in the Art Institute of Chicago collection.