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This Rubens Painting Vanished During World War II. Now, It's Returning Home to a Castle in Germany
As World War II drew to a close, a painting by Peter Paul Rubens was stolen from Friedenstein Castle, a Baroque palace in Gotha, Germany. Now, eight decades later, officials have successfully ...
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Dürer to Van Dyck: these marvellous drawings surprise and enthral
The head of the horse is lowered ... 1525), in which the artist applies coloured chalks and watercolour to add verisimilitude to a monochrome image. Rubens’s A Peasant Girl Churning Butter ...
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Rubens is a titan of Western art. The task of restoring his paintings is equally gigantic
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in ...
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Peter Paul Rubens is a titan of Western art, task of restoring his paintings is equally gigantic
In addition, two paintings hanging on either side of the Madonna had been cleaned 35 years ago, leaving the Rubens in the middle looking jaundiced. “It was obvious how yellow it looked.