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

Paulus Pontius, engraver.
Self-Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
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The Duke of Lerma on Horseback
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Adoration of the Magi
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Jacob, Harrewijn,
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William van Haecht,
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The Four Philosophers
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The Marriage by Proxy of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV in Florence, October 5, 1600
, Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

Duke of Buckingham
, Albertina, Vienna

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

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

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

Diego Velázquez,
Portrait of Gaspar de Guzman, Duke of Olivares on Horseback
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Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon
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Helena Fourment (Het Pelsken/The Furlet)
, 1638, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

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

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.