Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches by Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens
The Capture of Samson, ca. 1609-10
Oil on panel, 50.4 x 66.4 cm
The Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund, acc. no. 1923.551

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INTRODUCTION
by Peter C. Sutton

PURSUING AND POSSESSING PASSION:
Two Hundred Years of Collecting Rubens's Oil Sketches
By Marjorie E. Wieseman

THE OIL SKETCH AS A VEHICLE FOR RUBENS'S CREATIVITY
by Nico van Hout

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