Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Eight Women Harvesting
About this artwork
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title:Eight Women Harvesting
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accession number:D 1500
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materials:Red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, on oatmeal paper
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date created:About 1635
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measurements:22.20 x 25.80 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Rubens, an outstanding artist, scholar and diplomat, enjoyed a long, prolific and internationally successful career. He painted themes from the Bible and classical mythology, portraits, landscapes and allegorical subjects. After spending eight years in Italy, he returned to Antwerp in 1608, where he set up a flourishing workshop. He generally…
