Peter Paul Rubens, 1635 - Meeting of King Ferdinand of Hungary and the Cardinal - fine art print

This classic art painting was made by Peter Paul Rubens. Today, this artwork forms part of the digital art collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum, which is part of the J. Paul Getty trust and is one of the world's largest arts organizations worldwide. It seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.. The classic art artpiece, which is in the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.The creditline of the artwork is: . What is more, the alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. Peter Paul Rubens was a male diplomat, painter, whose artistic style can be classified as Baroque. The European artist lived for a total of 63 years, born in the year 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and deceased in 1640.

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Separated into two zones with allegorical figures in the foreground and historical figures in the background, Peter Paul Rubens here commemorated the meeting of King Ferdinand III of Hungary and the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand at Nördlingen on the Danube River on September 2, 1634. Four days later, the two Catholic rulers would combine their armies to win an important victory over Protestant forces. At the upper right, the Cardinal-Infante solemnly greets his cousin Ferdinand.

Rubens made this freely drawn oil sketch as a modello for the right panel of the great Stage of Welcome, a monumental canvas that decorated a triumphal arch erected for the ceremonial entry into Antwerp of the newly appointed governor of the southern Netherlands, the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain.

In the foreground, allegorical figures comment on the significance of the event. At the left a naiad or water nymph rests her arm on the personification of the River Danube, who sits on a urn flowing with blood and water while extending his left arm in a gesture of welcome. Kneeling at the right, the figure of Germania, dressed in black, rests her head on her hand. She gazes mournfully at the viewer while a winged genius draws her attention to the meeting behind her.