Rubens's Great Landscape with a Tempest
Rubens's Great Landscape with a Tempest Featuring Jupiter, Mercury, Philemon, and Baucis, Great Landscape with a Tempest is one of Peter Paul Rubens's largest and most dramatic landscapes. The storm…
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Rubens's Great Landscape with a Tempest
Featuring Jupiter, Mercury, Philemon, and Baucis, Great Landscape with a Tempest is one of Peter Paul Rubens's largest and most dramatic landscapes. The storm occurred due to the wrath of Jupiter and Mercury, who came to earth and were only offered hospitality by Philemon and Baucis, thus ensuring their rescued from the punishment of the floods. The painting shows a stream that has flooded fields and broken trees after a storm, decimating the landscape in spite of the clearing skies and beginnings of a rainbow appearing in the corner.
This painting, evidently produced for pleasure, remained in Rubens's possession until his death.Exploring from the far-reaching discoveries made about the painting during the latest restoration, Rubens's Great Landscape with a Tempest offers comprehensive insight into Rubens's working method, the creation process of this