The recent rediscovery of Rubens s Massacre of the Innocents (bought by Lord Thomson for 50 million in 2002) offers an important opportunity to reassess the painter s early career. Of Rubens s works immediately following his return to Antwerp in 1608, it is the most assured, achieving a remarkable complexity both compositionally and emotionally."
The recent rediscovery of Rubens s Massacre of the Innocents (bought by Lord Thomson for 50 million in 2002) offers an important opportunity to reasse...