it needs to be said at the start ... this was painted when rubens had already been dead for nearly twenty years ... so i'm guessing its an inspired work of "fandom" ... it was painted in Italy when luca giordano was only 25 or 26 years old
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Giordano
i'm not sure which of rubens' paintings Giordano could have studied in Italy, but i think he captures much of rubens' flamboyance and energy
rubens ... painted around 1630
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva_Protecting_Peace_from_Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens
rubens ... painted around 1639
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_War
https://eclecticlight.co/2021/01/04/god-of-the-week-janus/


