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The artist Rubens and alchemy - Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023

"Rubens 'Theoretical notebook'...consists in a booklet or, in Michael Jaffé’s words, a «vade mecum», in which the Flemish master registered and developed art theoretical insights based on hermetic and esoteric traditions".

https://www.academia.edu/44287312/Rubens_s_encounter_with_natural_philosophy_and_the_occult_sciences_in_17th_century_Italy


Rubens' 'Theoretical notebook':

https://www.heritage-kbf.be/collection/copy-rubens-theoretical-notebook


Rubens and Spontaneous Generation (some alchemical references):

https://jhna.org/articles/matter-as-an-artist-rubenss-myths-of-spontaneous-generation/