The dual-careers of Peter Paul Rubens, working as both a court painter and a highly respected European diplomat, won him ...

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It was Rubens’ first major commission for a public building. The Flemish artist sketched numerous biblical scenes in preparation for the project. However, the finished paintings no longer exist.

“This means the painting was not created entirely by Rubens.” Of 29 patches of the painting tested by Art Recognition’s A.I. model, ten were authentic with a probability higher than 80 ...

According to experts, truckloads of the most valuable art were removed by the family in the last weeks of the war, including three of the five Rubens oil sketches, which were later sold on the market.

In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist's Belgian hometown, the studio had to be taken to the ...