One must learn from the best, for nature alone is not enough for art.

Quanto al ritratto di Sua Maesta', io l'ho fatto con tutta la diligenza possibile.

Peter Paul Rubens

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the defining painter of Flemish Baroque, ran a vast Antwerp workshop and was also a humanist scholar and trusted diplomat, knighted by Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England.

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