Rubenesque
adjective
1.
of or relating to the painter Peter Paul Rubens or his works, which feature full-figured women.
2.
(of a woman’s figure) plump but shapely; curvaceous.
adjective
1.
(of a woman) having the physique associated with Rubens’ portraits of women; plump and attractive
noun
1.
Sir Peter Paul. 1577–1640, Flemish painter, regarded as the greatest exponent of the Baroque: appointed (1609) painter to Archduke Albert of Austria, who gave him many commissions, artistic and diplomatic. He was knighted by Charles I of England in 1629. His prolific output includes the triptych in Antwerp Cathedral, Descent from the Cross (1611–14), The Rape of the Sabines (1635), and his Self-Portrait (?1639)
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