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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 Rubens as Entrepreneur: Designs for Sculpture, Architecture and Prints This section examines Rubens's entrepreneurial activities, and how his work was disseminated throughout Europe. Rubens's oil sketches were widely used as designs for tapestries, engravings, and sculptures. The sketches reflect both Rubens's power to present a unified artistic ensemble and his pragmatic promotion of the reproduction of his designs in printed, woven, and sculptural form. Peter Paul Rubens St. Norbert Overcoming Tanchelm, ca. 1622-23 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 46 cm Private collection About this work Peter Paul Rubens The Road to Calvary (Christ Carrying the Cross), ca. 1632 Oil, emulsion paint on panel, 59.7 x 45.7 cm University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, inv. 1966.16 About this work Peter Paul Rubens Last Supper, ca. 1632 Oil on panel, 61.8 x 48.5 cm Private Collection About this work Peter Paul Rubens The Elevation of the Cross (detail), ca. 1637-38 Oil on paper, backed by canvas, 60 x 126.5 cm (later enlarged to 70 x 131.5 cm) Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Purchase, 1928, acc. no. 906 About this work

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