ocr: Biography Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Rubens was one of the most powerful and prolific artists in the history of painting. He trained in Antwerp under Otto van Veen, and entered the Antwerp Guild in 1598. He spent many years in Italy (1600-1608), where he received important commissions for churches in Mantua and Rome: these works combined the influences of - Miichelangelo, Raphael and CaravaggiR When he returned to Antwerp, he was appointed-ourt painter to Archduke Albert. He ran a Tlourishing Sel-Portrait, by Peter Paul studio, and his major religious and mythological Rubens compositions en ...
