Allegory of Taste 
Allegory of Smell
Allegory of Hearing
Allegory of SightThe most frustrating thing about art text books is that you can put a dozen different books showing the same painting side by side and the colors will all be different. Of course, I'm still grateful that we have them because I doubt I'll ever make it to Museo del Prado in Madrid but I would hate to find out that the gorgeous colors and shimmering quality of Rubens' Garden of Love was a trick by the photographer. The Raising of the Cross seems to have the same quality but Henry IV, although a wonderful piece, does not. Looking the paintings up online confuses the issue even more. Regardless, I am drawn to Rubens' work over the other Dutch Baroque or any other Baroque painters. I love the playfulness of the putti and overall I find his paintings to be the most rich and expressive. I really like the painting Allegory of Sight so I look up the other three paintings in the series.
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