Erasmus Quellinus II: A Collaborator of Rubens and a Master of Baroque Splendor Erasmus Quellinus II (1607-1678) stands as a pivotal figure in the artistic landscape of Antwerp during the Golden Age, inextricably linked to the legacy of Peter Paul Rubens. Born into a prominent artistic family – his father, Erasmus Quellinus I, was a sculptor who migrated from Sint-Truiden to Antwerp – Quellinus’s upbringing instilled within him an app…