GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Artist | Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) |
| Engraver | Thomas Chambars (1724-1789) |
| Date | 1805 |
| Technique | Etching |
| Category | Portraits |
| Source | A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square |
This engraved portrait represents Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), one of the most influential Baroque painters of Northern Europe. Rendered after earlier painted prototypes, the composition emphasizes Rubens’s intellectual authority and aristocratic self-image, reflecting the Enlightenment-era fascination with artistic genius and historical canonization.
