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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Guirlande de fleurs, fruits et angelots

Manner/Style of Peter Paul Rubens

Guirlande de fleurs, fruits et angelots

Sale Date: March 26, 1999

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Die Erziehung der Maria de Medici

Peter Paul Rubens

Die Erziehung der Maria de Medici

Sale Date: March 24, 1999

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La caza de Meleagro

School of Peter Paul Rubens

La caza de Meleagro

Sale Date: March 17, 1999

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The Virgin and the Child with the..., 1775–1799

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Virgin and the Child with the..., 1775–1799

Sale Date: March 12, 1999

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La Fuite de Loth

School of Peter Paul Rubens

La Fuite de Loth

Sale Date: February 26, 1999

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The Assumption of the Virgin

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

The Assumption of the Virgin

Sale Date: February 16, 1999

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Portrait of Nicolas Trigault S.J. in Chinese...

Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault S.J. in Chinese...

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Domitilla

Peter Paul Rubens

Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Domitilla

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Diana and Callisto

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Diana and Callisto

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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The Lamentation

Peter Paul Rubens

The Lamentation

Sale Date: January 28, 1999

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Venus and Adonis

After Peter Paul Rubens

Venus and Adonis

Sale Date: December 18, 1998

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La conversion de Saint Paul

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

La conversion de Saint Paul

Sale Date: December 18, 1998

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Eusebia

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Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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Man of sorrows adored by the Virgin and angels

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Man of sorrows adored by the Virgin and angels

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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The Adoration of the Magi

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Magi

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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A portrait of a monk, 1612–1616

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

A portrait of a monk, 1612–1616

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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Three donkeys

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Three donkeys

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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Allégorie de la paix retrouvée, 1600–1699

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Allégorie de la paix retrouvée, 1600–1699

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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The Deluge (A tempest at night)

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

The Deluge (A tempest at night)

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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The education of Maria de Medici

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The education of Maria de Medici

Sale Date: December 17, 1998

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The Entombment

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

The Entombment

Sale Date: December 16, 1998

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Dionysus visiting Icarius

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Dionysus visiting Icarius

Sale Date: December 16, 1998

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A kitchenmaid, a boy, and a butcher by a table

Peter Paul Rubens

A kitchenmaid, a boy, and a butcher by a table

Sale Date: December 16, 1998

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The Anger of Achilles

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

The Anger of Achilles

Sale Date: December 15, 1998

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