About this artwork
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artist:Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) Flemish
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title:Portrait of Petrus Pecquius (1562 - 1625)
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date created:About 1615
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:157.50 x 119.40 cm; Framed: 186.80 x 150.50 x 13.00 cm
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to The National Galleries of Scotland 2005
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accession number:NG 2797
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
