Rubens

Until January 23rd, the Museo del Prado presents an exhibition that includes almost the entirety of works by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). The works reflect his entire artist trajectory and his evolution as one of the most important painters of the Seventeenth Century. The Museum's director, Miguel Zugaza, and the curator of the exhibition, Alejandro Vergara, presented the exhibition of 90 paintings, exhibited together for the very first time. The works are arranged in chronological order in two exhibition areas of the Museo del Prado. There is very little space between each work, but it is possible to ¿observe the continuity of the paintings as well as the entire evolution of Ruben's work.¿ The exhibition includes dozens of paintings that the King of Spain, Felipe IV, had commissioned the Flemish painter, during the time the Spanish Crown governed that region that today is Belgium. This is the reason all these paintings are now in the Museo del Prado. Also, the King purchased even more paintings from Ruben's family-after the artist's death in 1640-an increased his collection to a total of 92 works. According to Alejandro Vergara, after seeing this magnificent exhibition visitor will ¿remember 360 degrees of Rubens in a single place. One leaves knowing something new about Rubens; at least that is the experience we had at the Museo del Prado, where we are not accustomed to seeing all his work together.¿