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Introduction The Church Triumphant Rubens as Entrepreneur: Designs for Sculpture, Architecture and Prints History and Politics: Glory to the Hero The Workings of the Studio: Head Studies, Portrait and Genre Myth and Majesty: The Humanistic Tradition Landscape and Hunt Scenes: Projects for Philip IV Landscape and Hunt Scenes: Projects for Philip IV In the last decade of his life, Rubens painted a series of contemporary and mythological hunt scenes commissioned by Philip IV to decorate a room in the Royal Palace in Madrid, the Bovˇda de Palacio. These fluidly-painted sketches are a remarkable combination of energy and lyricism. Peter Paul Rubens Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion, ca. 1639 Oil on panel with traces of red chalk, 23 x 39.2 cm Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Gift of Dr. Charles and Nobuko Kuhn in honor of Charles L. Kuhn, Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1930-1968, acc. no. 2000.199 About this work Peter Paul Rubens Bear Hunt, ca. 1639 Oil on panel, 26 x 53.7 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Fund, 1983.69 About this work Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Nymphs Hunting Fallow Deer (detail), ca. 1639 Oil on panel, 23.5 x 52.6 cm Private Collection About this work Peter Paul Rubens The Death of Silvia's Stag, ca. 1638 Oil on panel, 23.2 x 52.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art: John G. Johnson Collection, 1917, inv. J#663 About this work

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