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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Peter Paul Rubens Artworks

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Dajanara

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: September 22, 2004

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Bjerglandskab med to mænd, der driver en tungt...

Peter Paul Rubens

Bjerglandskab med to mænd, der driver en tungt...

Sale Date: September 9, 2004

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Feldherr, Kaiser oder König zu Pferd..., 1630–1630

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Feldherr, Kaiser oder König zu Pferd..., 1630–1630

Sale Date: June 17, 2004

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Diana returning from the hunt

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Diana returning from the hunt

Sale Date: September 1, 2004

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Ritratto di Albert e Nicholaas Rubens

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Ritratto di Albert e Nicholaas Rubens

Sale Date: June 16, 2004

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Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche - Queen of France

After Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche - Queen of France

Sale Date: August 9, 2004

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Le sacrifice d'Abraham

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

Le sacrifice d'Abraham

Sale Date: October 17, 2003

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Arkadisk landskab med unge piger, der bringer...

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Arkadisk landskab med unge piger, der bringer...

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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La Pentecôte

School of Peter Paul Rubens

La Pentecôte

Sale Date: July 6, 2004

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The Devil wrestling a soul

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Devil wrestling a soul

Sale Date: July 15, 2004

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The Judgement of Paris

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Paris

Sale Date: July 9, 2004

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The feast of Herod

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The feast of Herod

Sale Date: July 9, 2004

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Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon, Queen of Spain,

After Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon, Queen of Spain,

Sale Date: July 8, 2004

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The Holy Family

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The Holy Family

Sale Date: July 9, 2004

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A woman holding a swaddled baby, 1615–1616

Peter Paul Rubens

A woman holding a swaddled baby, 1615–1616

Sale Date: July 8, 2004

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Head of Pan, after the antique, 1606–1608

Peter Paul Rubens

Head of Pan, after the antique, 1606–1608

Sale Date: July 8, 2004

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The garden of love

After Peter Paul Rubens

The garden of love

Sale Date: July 6, 2004

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Susanna and the Elders, 1700–1799

After Peter Paul Rubens

Susanna and the Elders, 1700–1799

Sale Date: July 6, 2004

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Portrait of Philipp III of Spain

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of Philipp III of Spain

Sale Date: July 6, 2004

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Christus- und Johannesknabe unter Engeln

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Christus- und Johannesknabe unter Engeln

Sale Date: July 3, 2004

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A night scene with an old lady holding..., 1616–1617

Peter Paul Rubens

A night scene with an old lady holding..., 1616–1617

Sale Date: July 7, 2004

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Portrait de dame

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait de dame

Sale Date: June 24, 2004

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The Queen of Sheba offering presents to the King

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Queen of Sheba offering presents to the King

Sale Date: June 24, 2004

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Merkur, Argus und Io

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Merkur, Argus und Io

Sale Date: June 16, 2004

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