Study of Two Heads, ca. 1609, Oil on wood, 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (69.9 x 52.1 cm), Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), Rubens painted studies of heads after live models and artistic sources, creating a cast of characters that served in turn as models for figures in religious and mythological works. The main figure here became a saint in a great altarpiece of 1609, a high priest in 1612, and a river god, then Plato (in an engraving after Rubens) in about 1615
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Study, Two Heads, ca, 1609, Oil, wood, 27 1/2 x 20 1/2, 69.9 52.1 cm, Paintings, Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, Siegen, 1577–1640, Antwerp, Rubens painted, studies, heads, live models, artistic sources, creating, cast, characters, served, turn, models, figures, religious, mythological works, main figure, saint, great altarpiece, high priest, 1612, river god, Plato, engraving, Rubens, 1615
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