Università Roma Tre

P. P. Rubens and Anton van Dyck between Flanders, Italy and England (1600-1632). A journey among artists, agents and collectors.

The course will deal with an intense thirty years of artistic and collecting activity that sees the success of P. Rubens and later that of the pupil Anton van Dyck.
Their stays in Italy and the relationships between European artists, agents and collectors will be the subject of particular attention.

Basic texts
The Age of Rubens. Diplomacy, Dynastic Politics and the Visual Arts in Early Seventeenth-Century Europe, edited by L. Duerloo and R. Malcom Smuts, Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2015, pp. 21-38; 181-196.
The volume is available, only for consultation, at the "Luigi Grassi" Library, in Piazza della Repubblica. The PDF of the indicated sections will be provided by the teacher.

Van Dyck. Riflessi italiani, cat. exhibition, edited by M.Grazia Bernardini, Skira Editore Milano, pp. 31-41; 57-106, 171-174.
Available at the "Luigi Grassi" Library or online.

Charles I King and Collector, cat. exhibition, curated by F. Dassonville and B. Gullström, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2018, pp. 17-27; 30-35; 150-161.
Available at the "Luigi Grassi" Library and / or online (Amazon)

G.P. Bellori, Le Vite de' Pittori, Scultori e Architetti moderni, ed.E. Borea, Einaudi 1976 (or other later edition): the biographies of P.P. Rubens and Anton van Dyck.

For a general overview of P.Paul Rubens it is possible to use the relative dossier of "Art e Dossier", available in the bookshop.

During the course further bibliography will be provided.