A Bearded Man [SEP] creator
A Bearded Man
A Bearded Man is a study by Peter Paul Rubens, now held in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City.
History.
It was attributed to Rubens by Max Friedländer, Valentiner Held and Jaffé, who date it to between 1617 and 1618 from indications that it was produced in his Wapper studio-house in Antwerp.
At that time Rubens' only assistant was Anthony van Dyck.
which appears abandoned.
While trying to reach the surface, the man comes upon a bearded stranger pinned against the wall by the protruding vines that are slowly taking over his body. The stranger, in great pain and sounding deranged, tells the man he's the creator of that entire system, and then warns him about an unseen menace. A growling noise approaches and the man loses consciousness.
Upon waking up, the man keeps going up, passing throughout areas increasingly better-lit. He retrieves more recordings,