Rubens, Masterpiece in Colour Series

CONTENTS


Page
I. Introduction 11

II. The Painter's Life 21

III. Second Period 35

IV. The Later Years 45

V. The Painter's Art 55




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


Plate
I. Elizabeth of France, Daughter of Henry IV. Frontispiece
In the Louvre
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II. Christ à la Paille 14
At Antwerp Museum

III. The Four Philosophers 24
In the Pitti Palace, Florence

IV. Isabella Brandt 34
In the Wallace Collection

V. Le Chapeau de Paille 40
In the National Gallery

VI. The Descent from the Cross 50
In the Cathedral, Antwerp

VII. Henry IV. leaving for a Campaign 60
In the Louvre

VIII. The Virgin and the Holy Innocents 70
In the Louvre