) Peter Paul RUBENS (1577-1640) created this work between 1638 and 1639, in the midst of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), a devastating conflict that ravaged much of Europe. The war opposed Catholics and Protestants, but also the Habsburg and Bourbon powers, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland,…
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