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

Peter Paul Rubens (4,061 results)

Christ at the Pool of Bethesda

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Christ at the Pool of Bethesda

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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The birth of Louis XIII

After Peter Paul Rubens

The birth of Louis XIII

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

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The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sale Date: October 27, 1999

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L'Assomption de la Vierge, 1680–1680

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L'Assomption de la Vierge, 1680–1680

Sale Date: October 22, 1999

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Portrait de l'Archiduc Albert

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Portrait de l'Archiduc Albert

Sale Date: October 19, 1999

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Portrait of a Dominican friar

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Portrait of a Dominican friar

Sale Date: October 14, 1999

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Susanne und die beiden Alten

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Susanne und die beiden Alten

Sale Date: October 6, 1999

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Maria mit dem Kind vor..., 1615–1615

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Maria mit dem Kind vor..., 1615–1615

Sale Date: September 22, 1999

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Infantin Isabella, Regentin der Niederlande

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Infantin Isabella, Regentin der Niederlande

Sale Date: September 9, 1999

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Portrait of Princes Margherita Gonzaga

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Portrait of Princes Margherita Gonzaga

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Portrait of a commander in armour with a red sash

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Portrait of a commander in armour with a red sash

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Peasants fighting in a farmyard

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Peasants fighting in a farmyard

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Jacob wrestling with the Angel

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Jacob wrestling with the Angel

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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Christ on the Cross with the Magdalen

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Christ on the Cross with the Magdalen

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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A wooded landscape with a peasant on a cart-horse

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A wooded landscape with a peasant on a cart-horse

Sale Date: July 9, 1999

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The Judgement of Solomon

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The Judgement of Solomon

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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Apollo and Daphne

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Apollo and Daphne

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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The Infant Christ and the Infant Saint John the...

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

The Infant Christ and the Infant Saint John the...

Sale Date: July 7, 1999

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The head of Silenus, efter the antique

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The head of Silenus, efter the antique

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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Anatomical studies

Peter Paul Rubens

Anatomical studies

Sale Date: July 6, 1999

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La naissance de Louis XIII à Fontainebleau

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La naissance de Louis XIII à Fontainebleau

Sale Date: June 25, 1999

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La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus

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La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus

Sale Date: June 20, 1999

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Le jugement de Salomon

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Le jugement de Salomon

Sale Date: June 18, 1999

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