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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Samson slaying a Philistine

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

Samson slaying a Philistine

Sale Date: December 10, 1996

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Bacchanale avec Silène et satyres dans un paysage

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Bacchanale avec Silène et satyres dans un paysage

Sale Date: December 9, 1996

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Reiterbild des Infanten Don Ferdinand von...

Peter Paul Rubens

Reiterbild des Infanten Don Ferdinand von...

Sale Date: December 7, 1996

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Alte Frau und Knabe mit Kerze

Peter Paul Rubens

Alte Frau und Knabe mit Kerze

Sale Date: November 29, 1996

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Madonna con Bambino e Sant'Anna

After Peter Paul Rubens

Madonna con Bambino e Sant'Anna

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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Trajanus dömer Sankt Ignatius, Bishop av...

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Trajanus dömer Sankt Ignatius, Bishop av...

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Archduke Albert of Austria

After Peter Paul Rubens

Archduke Albert of Austria

Sale Date: November 19, 1996

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The Battle of Actium

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Battle of Actium

Sale Date: November 19, 1996

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Im Bad überraschte Frauen (Harem-Bild)

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Im Bad überraschte Frauen (Harem-Bild)

Sale Date: November 7, 1996

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An allegory of St. Roch ministering to the sick

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

An allegory of St. Roch ministering to the sick

Sale Date: October 29, 1996

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Putti with a garland of fruit in a landscape

After Peter Paul Rubens

Putti with a garland of fruit in a landscape

Sale Date: October 16, 1996

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Vulkan in der Schmiede, 1634

Peter Paul Rubens

Vulkan in der Schmiede, 1634

Sale Date: October 15, 1996

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Landschaft mit zwei Melkerinnen und drei Kühen

Peter Paul Rubens

Landschaft mit zwei Melkerinnen und drei Kühen

Sale Date: October 15, 1996

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The Lamentation

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The Lamentation

Sale Date: October 4, 1996

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Christ and the Penitent Sinners

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Christ and the Penitent Sinners

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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The Education of the Virgin

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Education of the Virgin

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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The Entombment of Christ

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Entombment of Christ

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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Portrait of the artist

After Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of the artist

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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The daughters of Cercrops discovering Ericthonius

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The daughters of Cercrops discovering Ericthonius

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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Infants disporting in a landscape

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Infants disporting in a landscape

Sale Date: September 25, 1996

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Three cherubs at play

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Three cherubs at play

Sale Date: September 14, 1996

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Mercury and Argus

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Mercury and Argus

Sale Date: July 5, 1996

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An equestrian portrait of Emperor Vespasian...

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

An equestrian portrait of Emperor Vespasian...

Sale Date: July 4, 1996

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