Peter Paul Rubens [Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640]

Peter Paul Rubens - Study for The Fall of the Damned (ca.1614–18)

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The sketch of The Fall of the Damned was made in black and red chalks, with a grey wash and is kept in the British Museum. It is assumed to be the work of a studio assistant, which Rubens then went over with a brush and oil colour. The dramatic chiaroscuro of the human forms and clouds emphasizes the darkness into which these figures fall, far from the heavenly light above.

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