Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)

Peter Paul Rubens was a renowned Flemish artist considered one of the foremost Baroque painters in art history. He is best remembered for his buxom nudes rendered in lush brushstrokes and set amidst swirling compositions. “I paint a woman's big rounded buttocks so that I want to reach out and stroke the dimpled flesh,” the artist once said. Born on June 28, 1577 in Seigen, Westphalia (present-day Germany), he began his artistic apprenticeship with Tobias Verhaecht in Antwerp. He spend the next eight years studying the works of Titian, Tintoretto, and Michelangelo in both Spain and Italy. The young artist received many prestigious portrait commissions, among them his famous Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria (1604), in which he depicted the young monarch wearing an intricately detailed neck ruff. After moving back to Antwerp in 1608, Rubens was appointed as the court painter of Archduke Albert and shortly thereafter completed one his most acclaimed works Raising of the Cross (1610), which brought widespread fame. In the years that followed, he acted as important diplomat between the Catholic southern Netherlands and the Protestants in the north of the country. Rubens died on May 30, 1640 in Antwerp, Belgium. Today, his works are held in the collections of Louvre Museum in Paris, the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the Prado Museum in Madrid, and the National Gallery in London, among several others.

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The Massacre of the Innocents, 1609 - 1611
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Amorini con torce che cavalcano un leone

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Amorini con torce che cavalcano un leone

Sale Date: May 28, 2005

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Skattepenningen, 1921

After Peter Paul Rubens

Skattepenningen, 1921

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Die Himmelfahrt Mariens

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Die Himmelfahrt Mariens

Sale Date: May 21, 2005

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Der Kopf eines alten Mannes

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Der Kopf eines alten Mannes

Sale Date: May 21, 2005

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Die Rast der Heiligen Familie auf der Flucht...

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Rast der Heiligen Familie auf der Flucht...

Sale Date: May 21, 2005

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Bildnis eines Reiters auf einem Schimmel

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Bildnis eines Reiters auf einem Schimmel

Sale Date: May 21, 2005

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Diana and Callisto

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Diana and Callisto

Sale Date: May 25, 2005

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Pako Egyptistä

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Pako Egyptistä

Sale Date: May 14, 2005

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Virgin and Child

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Virgin and Child

Sale Date: May 26, 2005

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The fur cloak

After Peter Paul Rubens

The fur cloak

Sale Date: May 17, 2005

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Mythologische Szene

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Mythologische Szene

Sale Date: May 13, 2005

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The Entombment

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The Entombment

Sale Date: May 11, 2005

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The death of Seneca

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The death of Seneca

Sale Date: May 17, 2005

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Sale Date: April 27, 2005

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St. Catherine, 1620

Peter Paul Rubens

St. Catherine, 1620

Sale Date: May 5, 2005

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The Miracle of Lactation

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The Miracle of Lactation

Sale Date: May 10, 2005

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La Cène

Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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The penitent Magdalen and Martha

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The penitent Magdalen and Martha

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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Moses and the Plague of Serpents

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Moses and the Plague of Serpents

Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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Andromeda

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Sale Date: April 20, 2005

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Portrait of an old woman, bust-length, with a...

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of an old woman, bust-length, with a...

Sale Date: April 22, 2005

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The Holy Family receiving the visit of St. John...

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The Holy Family receiving the visit of St. John...

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Venus and Adonis

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Venus and Adonis

Sale Date: April 19, 2005

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Die Jagd des Meleager und der Atalante

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Jagd des Meleager und der Atalante

Sale Date: April 14, 2005

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