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I am a peace loving man. I believe that it ought to be the first wish of every honest man to live in tranquillity of mind. I am sorry that all kings and princes are not of this humor. The words of Peter Paul Rubens writing to a friend in france and sixteen thirty six a time when the Catholic Church was fighting to counter the effects of the reformation. His allegorical canvas the consequences of war is considered one of the very first antiwar images rubens at once a catholic and a humanist achieved superstar status in his day and remains a towering figure in the history of western european art. And if he could do everything to the very highest standards or swim otoh he was among the most paneuropean artists of his day or the favorite painter of europes leading courts they talian art served him as a prime source of inspiration yasuni the limits and oh he stole with his eye ....