Peter Paul Rubens Baroque Portraits Part 2

 Peter Paul Rubens Baroque Portraits Part 2

In this blog, I placed ten portraits that did not fit in any Portrait category. The first painting shows a cute boy with a bird. It is just a small bird on a string. His blonde hair looks really pretty. Anyhow, this lovely portrait of a boy of Peter Paul Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

In this painting, we see a pretty lady with a Fan. Fans in those days where weird. Her white dress is really pretty. The gold borders and the peals are a lovely touch. I like how the dress seems to shimmer. The black background makes the maiden stick close to the foreground. This is a still life trick applied to a human. Works pretty well, if you ask me. Anyhow, Rubens deserves 5 stars rating for this lovely painting.

This painting is derived from Holland. At the time, such random light themes where pretty common in that place. They always mean more, than just painting the vulgar. On the surface, we see a Grandma lighting her grandson's candle. In Protestant Holland, this usually stood for the passing of wisdom. You know, old people teaching their kids about the Bible. This painting comes from such a candle tradition. In any case, this realistic painting of Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

Whenever Rubens traveled, he would take his sketchbook. He would always sketched whatever picked his interest. As such, we have two random ladies with a dogie  The drawing is simply adorable. It is also an interesting take in the study of facial profiles. The dogie is in frontal profile. Her master is in side profile and her sister is in 3/4 profile. For a study of faces, this drawing works pretty well. In any case, this sketch deserves 5 stars rating.

Baroque stands for rough pearl. It is an pearl that is not perfectly round. Thus, all ideas of idealism where being thrown out the window. This painting exemplifies this change of pace. Here we see an old woman. There is nothing ideal about her features. Yet, there is something of a divine spark about her countenance. The veil implies that she is in a church praying. At the twilight of her life, she has devoted herself to God's Work. For such a pretty painting, Peter Paul Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

By now, many rich people in Europe had household slaves. It is interesting to note that Rubens took the time to paint a slave. Judging by the slaves's expressions, Rubens must have seen a divine spark in this humble man. You must remember, that in those days painting was not done for the hell of it. It speaks well of Rubens that he would choose to paint a slave. Then again, he needed to study the blacks to make good Bible and Egyptian hunting paintings. In any case, this lovely study of a Negro's head by Peter Paul Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is another old man. He shows up often in many of Ruben's paintings. The light suits him rather well. 5 stars.

You know, the modelling the profession began during the Baroque period. With so many painters looking for models, all the hot poor guys used to model in the streets. Like this kid, they would curl their hair and take a bath with the hopes that a painter would hire them. The job was not lucrative, however, it was better than working in a pigsty. Here is one of such bravados models. It is interesting to note the homo erotic qualities of this model. This is reflected in this young man's red lips... Many a times,such a modeling job led the bravados to an even more lucrative job of the time. Prostitution. Yeah, things where harsh back then. In any case, these two hard to draw face angles has earned Rubens 5 stars rating.

This painting represents Vanity. Usually, any maiden with a mirror stands for Vanity, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Like Vanity, this maiden is checking for wrinkles. She is making certain that her beauty is still sublime. Its a pretty interesting painting, to say the least. Anyhow, Rubens deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is the last study. Basically, we have two old men. The one in the foreground looks really pretty. The curls work pretty well. Rubens showed the shoulder of this man for Homo erotic purposes. Nothing too far out there. The other guy was just to fill up space. Thinking about it, it alludes to how this guy's beauty is going to fade. Now, he looks pretty, later he will turn into the old man in the background. He also looks like the perfect Jesus. In any case, this two head study of Rubens is 5 stars worthy. I hope you liked my Peter Paul Rubens blog.