The influence of Rubens on Flemish art is incalculable. His reputation alone made Antwerp one of the pre-eminent cities of 17th-century painting; several of his students, most prominently Anthony van Dyck, went on to achieve significant renown in their own right. This exhibition in Barcelona brings together some 60 works from the collection of the Prado to demonstrate just what made Rubens’s work so unusual, and to explore his influence on his peers and successors, including Jacob Jordaens and Jan Brueghel the Elder as well as van Dyck (until 21 September). Perhaps the best-known work in the show is The Judgement of Paris (1638–39) – remarkably, Rubens completed it while suffering from gout – but alongside the greatest hits are ivory carvings, drawings and oil-on-panel works that convey the variety and vivacity of the Flemish baroque.
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