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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Dido och Aeneas

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Dido och Aeneas

Sale Date: May 27, 1998

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The Martyrdom of Saint Paul

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The Martyrdom of Saint Paul

Sale Date: May 22, 1998

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The Rape of Persephone

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

The Rape of Persephone

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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A portrait of Phillip II of Spain

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A portrait of Phillip II of Spain

Sale Date: May 20, 1998

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The Deposition

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Deposition

Sale Date: May 20, 1998

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Classical garden scene with many figures and putto

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Classical garden scene with many figures and putto

Sale Date: May 17, 1998

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Bust of a high-born beauty, 1880–1890

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Bust of a high-born beauty, 1880–1890

Sale Date: May 16, 1998

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Sei studi de bambini

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Sei studi de bambini

Sale Date: May 16, 1998

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Kampfszene aus dem Trojanischen Krieg (?)

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Kampfszene aus dem Trojanischen Krieg (?)

Sale Date: May 16, 1998

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Portrait of Isabella Brandt

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Portrait of Isabella Brandt

Sale Date: May 13, 1998

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Madonna and Child, 1615–1699

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Madonna and Child, 1615–1699

Sale Date: May 6, 1998

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The Holy Family

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The Holy Family

Sale Date: May 6, 1998

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Saint John the Baptist and the Infant Christ...

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Saint John the Baptist and the Infant Christ...

Sale Date: May 6, 1998

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Elevación de la Cruz

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Elevación de la Cruz

Sale Date: April 29, 1998

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The Judgement of Solomon, 1600–1699

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The Judgement of Solomon, 1600–1699

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

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The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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Christ and the Woman taken in adultery

After Peter Paul Rubens

Christ and the Woman taken in adultery

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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The toilet of Venus

After Peter Paul Rubens

The toilet of Venus

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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Diana and her nymphs surprised by satyrs

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Diana and her nymphs surprised by satyrs

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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Bearded male heads

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Bearded male heads

Sale Date: April 22, 1998

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The Assumption of the Virgin

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

The Assumption of the Virgin

Sale Date: April 21, 1998

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L'Adoration des Mages

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L'Adoration des Mages

Sale Date: March 30, 1998

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Old man with a harp

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Old man with a harp

Sale Date: March 25, 1998

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Infantin Isabella, Regentin der Niederlande

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Infantin Isabella, Regentin der Niederlande

Sale Date: March 19, 1998

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