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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Zwei Kopfstudien von Frauen

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Zwei Kopfstudien von Frauen

Sale Date: June 11, 2003

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Ecce Homo

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: June 11, 2003

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Die Kreuzabnahme

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Kreuzabnahme

Sale Date: June 11, 2003

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Joseph und die Frau des Potiphar

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Joseph und die Frau des Potiphar

Sale Date: June 11, 2003

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Pastorale Landschaft, qualitätvolle, freie...

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Pastorale Landschaft, qualitätvolle, freie...

Sale Date: June 11, 2003

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Reuige Magdalena

After Peter Paul Rubens

Reuige Magdalena

Sale Date: June 5, 2003

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Venus surrounded by a garland of flowers and...

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Venus surrounded by a garland of flowers and...

Sale Date: May 29, 2003

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Tobias och ängeln

After Peter Paul Rubens

Tobias och ängeln

Sale Date: May 26, 2003

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Die Vermählung der Maria von Medici mit König...

After Peter Paul Rubens

Die Vermählung der Maria von Medici mit König...

Sale Date: May 17, 2003

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Allegory of War and Peace

After Peter Paul Rubens

Allegory of War and Peace

Sale Date: May 14, 2003

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Apostelkopf

Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: May 9, 2003

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Transfiguration Christi

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Transfiguration Christi

Sale Date: May 9, 2003

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Anbetung der Könige

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Anbetung der Könige

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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The Adoration of the Magi

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Magi

Sale Date: April 10, 2003

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Potrait of a noblewoman wearing a white lace ruff

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Potrait of a noblewoman wearing a white lace ruff

Sale Date: April 10, 2003

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Sale Date: April 10, 2003

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The Calydonian boar hunt

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Calydonian boar hunt

Sale Date: April 10, 2003

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The Judgement of Solomon

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Solomon

Sale Date: April 10, 2003

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Minerva protecting Pax from Mars

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Minerva protecting Pax from Mars

Sale Date: April 9, 2003

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Sale Date: April 9, 2003

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A boar hunt (The calydonian boar hunt?)

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

A boar hunt (The calydonian boar hunt?)

Sale Date: April 8, 2003

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The Assumption of the Virgin

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Assumption of the Virgin

Sale Date: April 8, 2003

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Kreuzabnahme

After Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: March 28, 2003

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Die Löwenjagd

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Löwenjagd

Sale Date: March 27, 2003

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