Rubens: picturing antiquity

Abstract

"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Rubens: Picturing Antiquity, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from November 10, 2021, to January 24, 2022"--

Contents

Visualizing an epic past: Rubens, antiquity, and the art of painting / Anne T. Woollett -- The smell of stone: Rubens and the statues of Rome / Adriano Aymonino and Eloisa Dodero -- Rubens's circle and the cult of the antique / Davide Gasparotto -- Rubens and the study of ancient gems / Jeffrey Spier -- Toward a living past: Rubens and the antique triumph / Anne T. Woollett.