Rubens was an avid art collector and had one of the largest collections of art and books in Antwerp. The book was influential in spreading the Genoese palace style in Northern Europe. He wrote a book with illustrations of the palaces in Genoa, which was published in 1622 as Palazzi di Genova. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the royal entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria in 1635. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. His commissioned works were mostly history paintings, which included religious and mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. The catalogue of his works by Michael Jaffé lists 1,403 pieces, excluding numerous copies made in his workshop. In addition to running a large workshop in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( / ˈ r uː b ən z/ ROO-bənz, Dutch: 28 June 1577 – ) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium).
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