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Peter Paul Rubens: Venus and Adonis

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Venus and Adonis

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In Peter Paul Rubens: Later career of Peter Paul Rubens
…Venus, as in his glowing Venus and Adonis (c. 1635). In 1631 Philip IV knighted Rubens—the only painter so honoured by the kings of both England and Spain. Having lost all taste for politics, Rubens finally retired from his diplomatic career.
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