Self-Portrait With Isabella Brant by Peter Paul Rubens  1577 - 1640

1.   Where was Rubens born?  ____________________________________________________

2.   How many brothers and sisters did he have?  _______________________________________

3.   What is the meaning of the word "page" as it is used in the story? 

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4.   In the featured painting, ,  how do their clothes differ from the clothes we wear today?

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5.  Who is the child in the painting, A Child's Head painted in 1618?

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6.  How did Sir Dudley Carlton describe Rubens?   _______________________________________

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7.   What animal do you see in the painting Artist's Sons, Albert and Nicholas ?

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8.  On the Portraits page (see links)  the top picture is a famous painting by Rubens.  What is the 

     title of the painting?   __________________________________________________________

9.  How many of Ruben's children became artists?  ______________________________________