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Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
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The word Rubenesque came from Peter Paul Rubens.
Rubenesque
of a woman’s body, “rounded and plump,” 1913, of the type characteristic of the paintings of Flem. painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).(Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rubenesque)
