Rubens
Subtitle: a master in the making
By: essays, David Jaffé and Elizabeth McGrath ; with contributions from Amanda Bradley and Minna Moore Ede ; catalogue, David Jaffé with Minna Moore Ede ... [et al.] ; with contributions from Delfina Bergamaschi and Amanda Bradley.
Contributors: McGrath, Elizabeth.; Bradley, Amanda.; Moore Ede, Minna A.; Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640.; National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher: National Gallery Co.; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Rubens, Peter Paul, -- Sir, -- 1577-1640; Painters -- Belgium -- Biography; Painting, Flemish -- 17th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: Presents the paintings of prodigious artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and traces his progress from hesitant beginnings in the late 1590s through 1608.
Notes: Accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery, London from 26 October 2005 to 15 January 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rubens: a master in the making / David Jaffe and Minna Moore Ede; title: Ruben's 'pocketbook': an introduction to the creative process / David Jaffe with Amanda Bradley; title: Words and thoughts in Ruben's early drawings / Elizabeth McGrath; title: The catalogue / David Jaffe; title: 1. Early ambitions as a battle painter; title: 2. Rubens on the move; title: 3. The reworking of Rome; title: 4. Rubens, the religious painter; title: 5. Sequences: building a composition; title: 6. Back to Antwerp.