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A Landscape with a Shepherd and his Flock

Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens has created the impression of a wide-open space by depicting a point of interest in the right foreground – the shepherd watching over his sheep – then using the strong diagonal lines of the river, the road, the edges of the clouds and the raking light to trick our eye.

Like the shepherd, w...

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A Roman Triumph

Peter Paul Rubens

A crowd of people relax on a grass bank, enjoying the spectacle of a flamboyant procession celebrating the return of a great general and his army.

The columns and alcoves of classical Roman buildings tower over them. Below, trumpeters and pipers blow their instruments and animals are led to the s...

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A Shepherd with his Flock in a Woody Landscape

Peter Paul Rubens

We look down from a height on a rocky outcrop of ground surrounded by trees, their reflection caught in the tranquil stream