Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter. he confirmed the Baroque style that emphasized sexuality, lines, color and movment. Rubens is famous for his portraits, altarpieces, landscapes, mythological and allegorical subjects. Rubens studied Italian renaissances and baroque from 1600 to 1608 when he departed flanders for italy. Rubens painted “The Elevation of the Cross” When he went back to home from 1610 to 1611 for the church of Saint Walburga in Antwerp. rubens work shows the clear influence of Italian Renaissance and Baroque artists such as Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Tintoretto.
