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Rubens|ˈruːbɪnz|
The name of the Flemish painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), used attrib. in Rubens brown, a brown earth-colour; Rubens hat (see quot. 1960); Rubens madder, madder brown.
1860Rubens brown [see Cassel]. 1885A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. xiii. 250 A distant lovely head..its waves of amber hair set off against the soft velvet of a Rubens hat. 1886H. C. Standage Artists' Man. Pigments vi. 67 Rubens brown is a native earth of an ochreous character. Ibid. 69 Rubens madder, otherwise known as Orange Russet, [etc.]. 1934H. Hiler Notes on Technique of Painting ii. 125 Madder,..Rubens madder,..etc. These names are now applied both to products from the genuine madder root, and also to those made from its synthetic colouring principles alizarin and purpurin. 1960C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 185/1 Rubens hat.., a hat with a high crown and brim turned up on one side. 1969R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 341/1 Rubens madder is now made from synthetic alizarin. Ibid. 414/1 Rubens brown is a variety of Van Dyke brown. |