Boris Christov ( La Sonnambula Bellini) Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenthcentury Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is wellknown for his CounterReformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classicallyed