Consequences of War, also known as Horror of war. executed between 1638-1639 by Peter Paul Rubens, in oil paint on canvas. It was painted for Ferdinando II de Medici. Although commissioned by an Italian, art historians characterize both the work and the artist as Flemish Baroque. It serves as a commentary on a European continent ravaged by the Thirty Years' War, and the artist employed numerous symbols, both contemporary and ancient, to deplore the state of the continent
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