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At sea things were classed as flotsam (any floating object), jetsam (cargoes deliberately thrown overboard) and lagan (...

Peter Paul Rubens, (born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia [Germany]—died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium]), Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting’s dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance. Though his masterpieces include portraits and landscapes, Rubens is perhaps best known for his religious and mythological compositions. As the impresario of vast decorative programs, he presided over the most famous painter’s studio in ...

A painting of Elizabeth Stuart, sister of Charles I, could have sent its owner to the Tower. Nadine Akkerman investigates this potentially treasonous work, and the woman who inspired it