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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, Christian IV of Denmark, Robert Burton, Peter Paul Rubens, Scipione Borghese, John Bramston, the elder, Richard Montagu, Richard Sibbes, Nur Jahan, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nicolas Trigault, Beatrice Cenci, Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg, Edward Bennett, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Gerardus Vossius, Jacob Cats, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, Samuel Ward, Roberto de Nobili, Tobie Matthew, Anne de Montafie, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Antonio de Oquendo, Ferdinand of Bavaria, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Countess Elisabeth of Nassau, Sulpitia Cesis, Johan Skytte, Christopher Besoldus, Gabriel Sionita, Giacomo Cavedone, Alessandro Tiarini, Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, Tr nh Trang, John Falconer, Mario Minniti, William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham, Filippo de' Medici, Nicholas Kendall, Laurence Anderton, John Bridgeman, Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn, Gabriel de Castilla, Paul Guldin, Anthony Irby, Jean Riolan the Younger, Fortunio Liceti, Eugenio Caxes, Noel Brulart de Sillery, Cristofano Allori, William Osbaldeston, Adam Willaerts, Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, Everard Crijnsz. van der Maes, William Noy, James Sharpe, Edward Chetwynd, Petrus Kirstenius, Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Guttenberg, Barnaby Potter, Edmond Graile, Nicolas Rigault, Francesco Stelluti, Cristobal de Vera, Nicholas Burkhart, Jakub Szczawi ski, Francesco Giugno, Franciscus Dousa, Anders Eriksson Hastehufvud. Excerpt: Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Dutch pronunciation: 28 June 1577 - 30 May 1640), was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mytho...
