Word: rubenses
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After three centuries, the doors of Peter Paul Rubens' plush art factory reopened in Antwerp last week. It had been completely restored and made into a museum. Reopened too was the question of who painted Rubens' pictures.
Rubens, one of the 17th Century's astute businessmen, used to jump out of bed at 4 a.m., always had a full day of it. Along with his art, he occupied himself in learning seven languages, riding his Spanish horses every afternoon, and discovering everything there was to know...
A Little Help. His home was a palace, visited by royalty. But for his gigantic art business, which was as beautiful as it was big, Rubens needed a little help. One Manhattan art scholar currently spends most of his hours trying to prove that one of Rubens' assistants deserves...
Bordley thinks the real genius was not even Rubens' "best pupil" Anthony Van Dyck, but a fellow who was supposed to be especially adept at painting the animals in Rubens' hunting scenes. His name: Frans Snyders.
Mrs. Jean Bullit Darlington's now-famous $100,000 law suit against the University for alleged neglect of a Rubens painting she sent to Fogg Museum for authentication was at legal logger-heads last night.