Rubens: Reuniting the Great Landscapes at Wallace Collection review – Let’s keep them together

Melanie McDonough | London Evening Standard | 7th June 2021

When Rubens retired and was painting for his own pleasure, he produced not his signature fleshy figures but … rural views. Two such landscapes – painted as a pair – have been hung together for the first time in 200 years. Described as masterpieces and being entirely by Rubens, they reveal something about his mindset. They are “grand but also cosy” says one critic. Rubens’ saw his life as one of “autumnal plenty”.