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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

ENDPAPERS
:

The Consequences of War
, 1637–1638, Scala/Art Resource, NY

Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (“Peace and War”)
, ©National Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY

FRONTISPIECE
:

Paulus Pontius, engraver.
Self-Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
, ©Trustees of The British Museum/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 1
:

The Duke of Lerma on Horseback
, c. 1603, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 2
:

Self-Portrait with His Wife Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower
, 1609–1610, Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturebesitz/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 3 TOP
:

Adoration of the Magi
, 1610, Prado, Madrid, Spain/The Bridgeman Art Library International

PAGE 3 BOTTOM
:

Jacob, Harrewijn,
View of Rubens’ House
, 1692, V & A Images, London/ Art Resource, NY

PAGE 4 TOP
:

William van Haecht,
The Archdukes Visiting the Home of Cornelius van der Geest
(detail), Scala/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 4 BOTTOM
:

The Four Philosophers
, 1611–1612, Scala/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 5
:

The Marriage by Proxy of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV in Florence, October 5, 1600
, Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 6 TOP LEFT
:

Duke of Buckingham
, Albertina, Vienna

PAGE 6 TOP RIGHT
:

Marquis de Leganès (Don Diego Messia)
, photo: akg-images

PAGE 6 BOTTOM
:

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens,
Marquis Ambrogio Spinola
, c. 1630, Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 33: 1934

PAGE 7 TOP
:

Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV of Spain
, Scala/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 7 MIDDLE
:

Diego Velázquez,
Portrait of Gaspar de Guzman, Duke of Olivares on Horseback
, 1634, Scala/Art Resource, NY

PAGE 7 BOTTOM
:

Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon
, RCIN 405356, the Royal Collection ©2009 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

PAGE 8
:

Helena Fourment (Het Pelsken/The Furlet)
, 1638, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

EPILOGUE
:

Title Page,
Legatus
, Museum Plantin-Moretus/Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen—UNESCO World Heritage, photo, Peter Maes

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARK LAMSTER
writes on the arts and culture for many publications, including the
New York Times
, the
Los Angeles Times, Metropolis, Print
, and
ID
. His first book,
Spalding’s World Tour, was
an Editor’s Choice selection of the
New York Times Book Review
. He lives in New York City.

Copyright © 2009 by Mark Lamster

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Lamster, Mark, 1969–
Master of shadows: the secret diplomatic career of the painter
Peter Paul Rubens / Mark Lamster.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640.  2. Painters—Belgium— Biography.  3. Diplomats—Belgium—Biography.  I. Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640.  II. Title.  III. Title: Secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.
ND673.R9L25 2009
759.9493—dc22
[B]
2009009750

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