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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
ENDPAPERS:
The Consequences of War, 1637–1638, Scala/Art Resource, NY
Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (“Peace and War”), ©National Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY
FRONTISPIECE:
Paulus Pontius, engraver. Self-Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, ©Trustees of The British Museum/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 1:
The Duke of Lerma on Horseback, c. 1603, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 2:
Self-Portrait with His Wife Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower, 1609–1610, Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturebesitz/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 3 TOP:
Adoration of the Magi, 1610, Prado, Madrid, Spain/The Bridgeman Art Library International
PAGE 3 BOTTOM:
Jacob, Harrewijn, View of Rubens’ House, 1692, V & A Images, London/ Art Resource, NY
PAGE 4 TOP:
William van Haecht, The Archdukes Visiting the Home of Cornelius van der Geest (detail), Scala/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 4 BOTTOM:
The Four Philosophers, 1611–1612, Scala/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 5:
The Marriage by Proxy of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV in Florence, October 5, 1600, Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 6 TOP LEFT:
Duke of Buckingham, Albertina, Vienna
PAGE 6 TOP RIGHT:
Marquis de Leganès (Don Diego Messia), photo: akg-images
PAGE 6 BOTTOM:
Studio of Peter Paul Rubens, Marquis Ambrogio Spinola, c. 1630, Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 33: 1934
PAGE 7 TOP:
Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV of Spain, Scala/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 7 MIDDLE:
Diego Velázquez, Portrait of Gaspar de Guzman, Duke of Olivares on Horseback, 1634, Scala/Art Resource, NY
PAGE 7 BOTTOM:
Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon, RCIN 405356, the Royal Collection ©2009 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
PAGE 8:
Helena Fourment (Het Pelsken/The Furlet), 1638, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY
EPILOGUE:
Title Page, Legatus, Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen—UNESCO World Heritage, photo, Peter Maes
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARK LAMSTER writes on the arts and culture for many publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Metropolis, Print, and ID. His first book, Spalding’s World Tour, was an Editor’s Choice selection of the New York Times Book Review. He lives in New York City.
Copyright © 2009 by Mark Lamster
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Lamster, Mark, 1969–
Master of shadows: the secret diplomatic career of the painter
Peter Paul Rubens / Mark Lamster.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640. 2. Painters—Belgium— Biography. 3. Diplomats—Belgium—Biography. I. Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640. II. Title. III. Title: Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
ND673.R9L25 2009
759.9493—dc22
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2009009750
eISBN: 978-0-385-53223-5
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