Rubens

[ roo-buhnz; Flemish ry-buhns ]

noun
  1. Pe·ter Paul [pee-ter pawl; Flemish pey-tuhrpoul], /ˈpi tər pɔl; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/, 1577–1640, Flemish painter.

Other words from Rubens

  • Ru·ben·esque, Ru·ben·si·an [roo-ben-zee-uhn], /ruˈbɛn zi ən/, adjective

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How to use Rubens in a sentence

  • If it is the end of religious painting to express the religious sentiment, a hundred of inferior pictures must rank before Rubens.

    Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • If he takes a pious subject, it is to show you in what a fine way he, Peter Paul Rubens, can treat it.

    Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • A couple of days of Rubens and his church pictures makes one thoroughly and entirely sick of him.

    Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • And a connoisseur of such judgment that to have him pass your Rubens by is to cast doubt upon its authenticity.

  • Rubens was sent to prison, and thereafter banished to Siegen, where his wife joined him.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for Rubens

Rubens

/ (ˈruːbɪnz) /


noun
  1. Sir Peter Paul . 1577–1640, Flemish painter, regarded as the greatest exponent of the Baroque: appointed (1609) painter to Archduke Albert of Austria, who gave him many commissions, artistic and diplomatic. He was knighted by Charles I of England in 1629. His prolific output includes the triptych in Antwerp Cathedral, Descent from the Cross (1611–14), The Rape of the Sabines (1635), and his Self-Portrait (?1639)

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