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)

I. The Massacre of the Innocents
II. A man being

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I. The Massacre of the Innocents II. A man being

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Les Trois Néréides

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Les Trois Néréides

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Portrait of a bearded man, half-length

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Portrait of a bearded man, half-length

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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The Rape of the Sabine Women

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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The Drunken Bacchus

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The Drunken Bacchus

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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Saint John the Evangelist

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Saint John the Evangelist

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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The Presentation in the Temple

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Presentation in the Temple

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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The Deposition of Christ

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Deposition of Christ

Sale Date: November 10, 2022

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The Battle of the Amazons

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

The Battle of the Amazons

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Portrait de Thomas Arundel.

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Portrait de Thomas Arundel.

Sale Date: October 23, 2022

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The Tribute Money (Caesar's Coin)

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The Tribute Money (Caesar's Coin)

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus

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Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Christ and the Adulteress, 1577–1640

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Christ and the Adulteress, 1577–1640

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Diana as a Huntress

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Diana as a Huntress

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

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Triumph of the Church

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Triumph of the Church

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Christ Praying on the Mount of Olives

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Christ Praying on the Mount of Olives

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Sale Date: October 14, 2022

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Den heliga familjen med St. Anna, 1800

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Den heliga familjen med St. Anna, 1800

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

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Diogène à la recherche d'un honnête homme

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Diogène à la recherche d'un honnête homme

Sale Date: October 14, 2022

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» Les horreurs de la guerre » D’après..., 1639

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» Les horreurs de la guerre » D’après..., 1639

Sale Date: October 9, 2022

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DIANA & THE HUNT

Style of Peter Paul Rubens

DIANA & THE HUNT

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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SATYR I DZIEWCZYNA Z KOSZEM OWOCÓW

Peter Paul Rubens

SATYR I DZIEWCZYNA Z KOSZEM OWOCÓW

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Wild boar hunt

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Wild boar hunt

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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