He also said the brushwork was clearly legible throughout - a trait of Van Dyck's when he was working in Rubens' studio - and that the use of thick paint in the monk's habit was also characteristic.
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Factor in Rubens Barrichello's frightening accident, when one of his rear wheels flew off at 180mph, and you wonder how Jean Todt, Ferrari's team director, managed to limit himself to "disappointing" as his word for the weekend.
As for Button, he is back in eighth on the grid with team-mate Rubens Barrichello in 13th.
Button got his lucky break in the race when team-mate Rubens Barrichello, following close behind in second, and forming a barrier between Button and Raikkonen, suffered graining tyres 10 laps into the race.
The other drivers to take part were Button's former Brawn teammate Rubens Barrichello in a Williams, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Renault's new signing Robert Kubica.
Which was to ignore the previous eight seasons when he'd been prevented from success by the car disadvantage - and that he was blitzing team-mate Rubens Barrichello in the same car.
Hulkenburg will start from 10th on the grid on Sunday with his Williams team-mate Rubens Barrichello in eighth, sandwiching the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg who was the second quickest German of the six in the field.
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The Briton led from start to finish, despite two safety car periods, with Rubens Barrichello second in Melbourne.
After a 1-2 in Australia with Button and Rubens Barrichello they lead the constuctors' championship ahead of Toyota.
"China is an important market, but Brazil shouldn't be putting all its eggs in one basket, " says Rubens Ricupero, a former Brazilian finance minister and former head of the U.N.
That left Montoya in second from Honda's Rubens Barrichello.
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In the afternoon, Williams's Rubens Barrichello was seventh ahead of Kubica, the second Williams of Nico Hulkenberg and Rosberg.
Schumacher totalled an incredible 144 points, with his Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello some way behind in second place with 77 points.
Jenson dominated the first half of the season and Rubens is doing a better job in the second half and there's not much between them.
Rubens Barrichello was also out of luck in the second revamped Ferrari.
Perhaps as a result, American officials seem to know less about Brazil than any other big economy, says Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador in Washington.
ECONOMIST: Two American giants are slowly getting to know each other
The team's English driver Jenson Button led team-mate Rubens Barrichello to a one-two in qualifying on Saturday and is the pre-race favourite for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
Webber was punished for colliding with Brawn's Rubens Barrichello at the start but was in a class of his own to dominate the race despite his handicap.
Brawn GP's drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello occupy the first two places in the world championship heading into the Monaco GP with Button winning four of the five rounds.
America charges an average tariff of 46% on Brazil's top 15 exports to the world as a whole, whereas Brazil's average tariff on their American equivalents is just 14%, according to Rubens Barbosa, Brazil's ambassador in Washington.
One thing he did manage to get his hands on though, is a huge hunting scene attributed to Sir Peter Paul Rubens which hangs majestically above the fireplace in the drawing room flanked by similarly impressive works by Samuel Scott and Luca Giordano.
Brawn's Rubens Barrichello, fighting with Vettel for second in the championship, will start fourth.
The Super Aguri driver joins Mark Webber, David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button and Alexander Wurz in being eliminated.
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Button's Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello finished behind the dominant Red Bulls in third place, to close to within 23 points of Button in the world drivers' standings, with Vettel breathing down the Brazilian's neck.
Hours after Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello completed a dream one-two finish in Melbourne, chief executive Nick Fry announced the losses.
The Brawn driver finished only seventh in Sunday's European Grand Prix as team-mate Rubens Barrichello won the race to close to within 18 points.
The news also leaves drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello facing an uncertain future, with spare places in rival teams few and far between.
The 29-year-old Briton finished ahead of both his championship rivals Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel, giving him an unassailable lead in the championship with just one race remaining.
Rosberg fills one of the two slots in the team caused by the departures of world champion Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello.
Brawn GP drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello secured a one-two at the season-opener in Melbourne barely 24 hours after Branson confirmed a "substantial sponsorship" deal for the former Honda team, owned by Ross Brawn.
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