Antwerp in the sixteen hundreds
Flemish Baroque
Painting from Antwerp and the southern Netherlands in the early sixteen hundreds, full of flesh, fur and appetite. Rubens with his young wife and their small son, a wolf and fox hunt in full cry, Van Dyck's earl at full length, Brouwer's smokers in a tavern, and game, hares and baskets of flowers by Fyt, Snyders and Clara Peeters. Warm skin, deep reds and a great deal going on.
As a puzzle
Generous to build. Fur, feathers, petals and folds of silk give almost every piece a texture of its own, and the hunts and the game pieces are crowded right to the edges. The dark grounds behind the portraits and the still lifes are the slow part, so leave them for last and take them by shape.
A good size here: 60–250 pieces.
Painters here: Peter Paul Rubens
Subjects here: AnimalsStill LifeBirdsHorsesPortraitsFlowersMyths and LegendsSacred Art
20 pictures, pick one to build
Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635 
A Bouquet of Flowers Clara Peeters, ca. 1612 
A Hare and Birds Jan Fyt 
Fox With Two Herons Frans Snyders, ca. 1630–40 
A Basket and Birds Jan Fyt 
A Hare, Partridges, and Fruit Jan Fyt 
Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630 
Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer Peter Paul Rubens, 1597 
A Basket of Flowers Jan Brueghel the Younger, probably 1620s 
The Triumph of Henry IV Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630 
Wolf and Fox Hunt Peter Paul Rubens and Workshop, ca. 1616 
Robert Rich (1587–1658), Second Earl of Warwick Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1632–35 
Shepherds and Sheep David Teniers the Younger 
The Feast of Acheloüs Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1615 
The Smokers Adriaen Brouwer, ca. 1636 
Philip IV (1605–1665) in Parade Armor Gaspar de Crayer, ca. 1628 
Venus and Adonis Peter Paul Rubens, probably mid-1630s 
A Man Mounting a Horse Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630 
A Man Riding a Horse Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1630 
Virgin and Child Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1620