05.12.2025
School of Arts and Cultural Heritage
Alexey Larionov
Episode 17 of the "Parties of the Line" podcast continues the story of the graphic legacy of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens in the Hermitage. We delve into the artist's creative laboratory and discover:
• How Rubens searched for the composition of "The Descent from the Cross" from the Antwerp Cathedral
• How two Flemish geniuses, Rubens and Van Dyck, were combined in one drawing
• How Rubens' children could have served as models for the images of Christ
How Rubens created landscapes from nature
The podcast's regular host, Alexey Larionov , an associate professor at the European University and long-time curator and researcher of Rubens's drawings at the Hermitage, talks about drawing as a tool in the hands of Rubens the painter.