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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Die alte Frau mit dem Kind bei Kerzenlicht

Peter Paul Rubens

Die alte Frau mit dem Kind bei Kerzenlicht

Sale Date: November 7, 1994

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Bacchus trinkt Wein aus einer Schale

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Bacchus trinkt Wein aus einer Schale

Sale Date: November 7, 1994

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Winter mit Schneefall

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Winter mit Schneefall

Sale Date: November 7, 1994

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LAndschaft mit dem Karren und bei Mondschein

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LAndschaft mit dem Karren und bei Mondschein

Sale Date: November 7, 1994

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Hoellensturz der Verdammten

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Hoellensturz der Verdammten

Sale Date: November 7, 1994

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Drei Grazien mit einem Blumenkorb vor rotem...

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Drei Grazien mit einem Blumenkorb vor rotem...

Sale Date: October 29, 1994

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The Visitation

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The Visitation

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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The Descent from the Cross

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

The Descent from the Cross

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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Daniel in the Lion's Den

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Daniel in the Lion's Den

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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The Four Philosophers

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The Four Philosophers

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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Lions

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Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

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The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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The Descent from the Cross

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The Descent from the Cross

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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Mars and Venus Philemon and Baucis

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Mars and Venus Philemon and Baucis

Sale Date: October 27, 1994

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

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The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the...

Sale Date: October 26, 1994

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The sacrifice of Isaac

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The sacrifice of Isaac

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Thomyris and Cyrus

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Thomyris and Cyrus

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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El jardin del amor, 1638

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El jardin del amor, 1638

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Lovers embracing

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Lovers embracing

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Putti playing with garlands of fruit

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Putti playing with garlands of fruit

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Adoration des bergers

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Adoration des bergers

Sale Date: October 24, 1994

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Quos Ego

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Sale Date: October 21, 1994

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The Deposition

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The Deposition

Sale Date: October 20, 1994

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Isabella Brant und einer ihrer Soehne, Albert...

Peter Paul Rubens

Isabella Brant und einer ihrer Soehne, Albert...

Sale Date: October 18, 1994

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