Kennardley speaks with Painter, Diplomat, Impresario, Spy, Scholar, Antiquarian, Architect, Humanist and Knight in both the English and Spanish courts, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. His remarkable life as Habsburg court painter in the Spanish Netherlands under Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella took Rubens from European court to court with his work as an artist and diplomat gathering information for the Infanta Isabella. His skills as a diplomat had him taking the lead in brokering a peace between Spain and England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Paul-Rubens
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/peter-paul-rubens
You can find more information about Sir Peter Paul Rubens and all our guest artists at https://www.talkstraightproductions.com/great-artists-in-history
00.00 Episode Intro
02.24 Birthdate and Place
05.20 Fathers death and move to Antwerp/ First job at 13y/o
05.23 Art Studies
07.02 Travels to Italy to study the masters. Works for Duke of Mantua
07.50 Early diplomatic career. Suggestions of spying.
09.47 Art Collector and dealer and crowning commission in The Chiesa Nuova
10.23 Mothers Death and move back to Antwerp.
11.04 Court painter for the Habsburg Court under Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella. Marriage to Isabella Brandt.
12.14 Studio work in Antwerp
14.52 Commission for Marie de Medici in Paris and morse spying.
16.29 Tapestry Cycle The Triumph of the Eucharist.
17.01 Death of wife Isabella and more diplomatic assignments, brokering a truce between Spain and England.
18.50 Painting the Allegory of War and peace and two knighthoods.
19.32 Second Marriage to 16 year old Helene Ferment
20.19 The purchase of country estate Het Steen
20.54 Death from Heart Attack
21.26 Outro