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Thank Bacchus it’s Friday!

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It’s Friday. Cheers! Your personal Bacchus:p4avzhlu7mslug3i0cuscfer778547oj

Created in the last years of Rubens’ life, this painting amazes the viewer with its virtuosity of style and unusual interpretation of the image of the god of wine and merriment. Bacchus is depicted as a grossly obese Cat, surrounded by a satyr, a maenad and putti. The rich palette, in which all the colours blend into one golden stream, and the natural, sketchy technique, enabled the artist to create a genuine sense of debauchery, or bacchanalia. This is a paean to cat flesh. ukhcfxy4rqw07cozoaipj7rnexjvd5nyAccording to Rubens’ nephew, Philip, this was not a commissioned work, and the artist kept it in his studio till the end of his life. The painting was inherited by his nephew after the death of the artist. Poor guy, being afraid of the well-known art criticists reaction, asked some deciple of Rubens to paint a man over the cat. The result is also well known.1ms8py8onmq1dmxmca37i2oaqqp11cnt

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It’s Friday. Cheers! Your personal Bacchus:

Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchus

Peter Paul Rubens, Bacchus

Created in the last years of Rubens’ life, this painting amazes the viewer with its virtuosity of style and unusual interpretation of the image of the god of wine and merriment. Bacchus is depicted as a grossly obese Cat, surrounded by a satyr, a maenad and putti. The rich palette, in which all the colours blend into one golden stream, and the natural, sketchy technique, enabled the artist to create a genuine sense of debauchery, or bacchanalia. This is a paean to cat flesh. According to Rubens’ nephew, Philip, this was not a commissioned work, and the artist kept it in his studio till the end of his life. The painting was inherited by his nephew after the death of the artist. Poor guy, being afraid of the well-known art criticists reaction, asked some deciple of Rubens to paint a man over the cat. The result is also well known.

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Gracias, Juan Carlos!s7b4gj49kg6icgyfbui6je71027qr8naGracias, Juan Carlos!

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On these days We graciously took part in the opening of the Prado Museum exhibition in the Hermitage. Unfortunately not every masterpiece presenting Our image arrived at the snowy St.Petersburg, for example, this one:g2p6tgnngwni1nkro3znkoqw5qvhw1o3

Rubens, Three Graces

Peter Paul Rubens, Three Graces9mtqsbljsw6t3nhlvfmyt1ynazj5sx2r

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On these days We graciously took part in the opening of the Prado Museum exhibition in the Hermitage. Unfortunately not every masterpiece presenting Our image arrived at the snowy St.Petersburg, for example, this one:

Rubens, Three Graces

Peter Paul Rubens, Three Graces

The story of its creation is very dramatic: Continue reading

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About Beautyiw0nbgizvuanxpzn76b9axdcg2zrbi1jAbout Beauty

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Helen of Troy is Us:bwz2vieekgxzxnz0tpe2lfobuqga7q29

Rubens, The Judgement of Paris

Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Parisy3hqcwm466a564nzq987czwxlyxqq5ze

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Helen of Troy is Us:

Rubens, The Judgement of Paris

Peter Paul Rubens, The Judgement of Paris

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