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
Sold price: 76,529,056 USD

Peter Paul Rubens Artworks

Peter Paul Rubens (4,061 results)

Jesus und Johanneskind

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Jesus und Johanneskind

Sale Date: September 27, 2001

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Kreuzaufrichtung

After Peter Paul Rubens

Kreuzaufrichtung

Sale Date: September 27, 2001

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Löwenjagd

Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: September 22, 2001

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Die Heilige Familie unter dem Apfelbaum

Peter Paul Rubens

Die Heilige Familie unter dem Apfelbaum

Sale Date: September 20, 2001

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Mosè e l'adorazione del Serpente di bronzo

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Mosè e l'adorazione del Serpente di bronzo

Sale Date: September 16, 2001

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Tereus being presented with the head of his son...

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Tereus being presented with the head of his son...

Sale Date: August 30, 2001

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Lot and his Daughters

After Peter Paul Rubens

Lot and his Daughters

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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Christ driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Christ driving the Money-Changers from the Temple

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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The Adoration of the Magi

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Magi

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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The matrydom of Saint Livinus

After Peter Paul Rubens

The matrydom of Saint Livinus

Sale Date: July 13, 2001

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Pan and Syrinx

Peter Paul Rubens

Pan and Syrinx

Sale Date: July 12, 2001

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Satyr with two putti, a tigress and her cubs

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Satyr with two putti, a tigress and her cubs

Sale Date: July 12, 2001

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The Supper at Emmaus

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

The Supper at Emmaus

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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The Last Supper

Peter Paul Rubens

The Last Supper

Sale Date: July 11, 2001

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Two hands and a forearm

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Two hands and a forearm

Sale Date: July 10, 2001

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Head of satyr Pan, 1640–1640

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Head of satyr Pan, 1640–1640

Sale Date: July 9, 2001

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Die Findung des Erichtonius des mythischen...

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Die Findung des Erichtonius des mythischen...

Sale Date: June 27, 2001

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The Assumption of the Virgin

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The Assumption of the Virgin

Sale Date: June 23, 2001

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La rencontre du roi Salomon et de la..., 1600–1699

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

La rencontre du roi Salomon et de la..., 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 22, 2001

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Gesù Bambino trionfante sulla morte e sul peccato

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Gesù Bambino trionfante sulla morte e sul peccato

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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Venere cerca di trattenere adone mentre parte...

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Venere cerca di trattenere adone mentre parte...

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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Andromeda

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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Das Urteil des Paris

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Das Urteil des Paris

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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Kampf der Götter gegen die Giganten

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Kampf der Götter gegen die Giganten

Sale Date: June 12, 2001

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