This match and a companion match coming soon resolve a tie between Rubens and Sluter by pitting them against Zurbarán and Duchamp, who otherwise would have formed the final pair in Second Round Elimination. The winner of today's match will win the right to take on Sodoma in Round Three.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
1577 - 1640
Flemish
- Crushed Théodore Rousseau in Round 1.
- Tied with Henri Rousseau in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Lost to Estonia's Michiel Sittow in the Round 2 Tiebreaker. It was a single-vote margin! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Bridget Riley in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Tied with Claus Sluter in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Francisco de Zurbarán
1598 - 1664
Spanish
- Beat Francesco Zuccarelli easily in Round 1.
- Lost to Diego de Silva y Velázquez in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Crushed Johann Zoffany in the Left Bracket Second Round.
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.
12 comments:
Rubens
Gotta go with Rubens.
Gotta go with Rubens, though I've always liked the sheep picture.
Zurbaran, and it's not even close.
Rubens for me, and it's not even close.
Well, I guess it's a little close.
I want to change my vote to Zurbaran.
I loved Zurbarán at first and still like him, but they're just a little too uniform. I'll go with Rubens, which have much more personality.
Zurbarán
Zurburan!
I missed Susan's vote: "Rubens (he & Zurbaran are almost exact contemporaries)." True -- but, though they seem the same age to us, but they probably wouldn't to each other.
Rubens.
And the dust clears with Rubens still up on Zurbarán, six votes to four -- the Spaniard would have needed another defection from the Rubens camp to prevail.
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