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Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish painter (1577–1640) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a painter.
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He was good at painting many subjects: portraits, stories from the bible or other books and landscapes. He painted in the Baroque style. Paintings in this style have a lot of action and color. Many of his paintings have a sensual touch. Some of them can be seen as erotic.