Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens's paintings arrange sacred, classical, and historical narratives through substantial figures, movement, and color. In Antwerp, a large workshop helped carry out major commissions, using drawings and oil sketches to develop compositions under his direction. The Elevation of the Cross binds its figures into a diagonal action. A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning extends his study of color into landscape through low sunlight, fields, and a winding stream.