L'oeuvre de P. P. Rubens; histoire et description de ses tableaux et dessins
A scholarly catalogue of Peter Paul Rubens's paintings and drawings, compiled by Max Rooses and published in Antwerp in 1886 for art historians and collectors. The plates reproduce photographs and engravings of works such as The Triumph of Scipio, a Holy Family, a frontispiece for Maffeo Barberini's poems and a chapel ceiling in Antwerp. Their dense, dramatic compositions of muscular figures, swirling clouds and ornamental cherubs offer a designer studies in Baroque movement, tonal contrast and decorative framing.
