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

Peter Paul Rubens (4,061 results)

The Garden of Love

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The Garden of Love

Sale Date: November 3, 2016

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The Crucifixion

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The Crucifixion

Sale Date: November 2, 2016

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The Lion Hunt

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The Lion Hunt

Sale Date: October 17, 2016

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Archduke Albrecht of Austria on horseback

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

Archduke Albrecht of Austria on horseback

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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The Entombment

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The Entombment

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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The lamentation of Christ

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The lamentation of Christ

Sale Date: October 19, 2016

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Madonna revered by the saints

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Madonna revered by the saints

Sale Date: October 19, 2016

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Portrait of a woman

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Portrait of a woman

Sale Date: October 19, 2016

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LA VIERGE À L'ENFANT AVEC SAINTE ANNE, 1700

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LA VIERGE À L'ENFANT AVEC SAINTE ANNE, 1700

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1910

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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1910

Sale Date: October 5, 2016

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The Death of Seneca

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The Death of Seneca

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Head study

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Sale Date: September 21, 2016

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LA VIERGE À L’ENFANT AVEC SAINTE ANNE, 1700

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LA VIERGE À L’ENFANT AVEC SAINTE ANNE, 1700

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Beweinung Christi

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Beweinung Christi

Sale Date: September 21, 2016

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Four Studies of the Head of a Moor, a detail

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Four Studies of the Head of a Moor, a detail

Sale Date: September 14, 2016

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Portrait of Marie de' Medici, Queen of France,...

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Portrait of Marie de' Medici, Queen of France,...

Sale Date: September 14, 2016

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Putti arranging flowers in a formal garden with...

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Putti arranging flowers in a formal garden with...

Sale Date: September 27, 2016

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Shepherds and Maidens in a Pastoral..., 1700–1899

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Shepherds and Maidens in a Pastoral..., 1700–1899

Sale Date: August 2, 2016

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Venus supplicating Jupiter

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Venus supplicating Jupiter

Sale Date: July 7, 2016

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KREUZIGUNG, 1600–1699

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KREUZIGUNG, 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 30, 2016

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MADONNA MIT DEM KIND IM BLÜTENKRANZ

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MADONNA MIT DEM KIND IM BLÜTENKRANZ

Sale Date: June 30, 2016

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Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria,...

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Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria,...

Sale Date: July 20, 2016

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Old Master Biblical Mural, 1600–1699

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Old Master Biblical Mural, 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 30, 2016

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PUTTI HOLDING ALOFT DRAPERIES (collab. w/workshop)

Peter Paul Rubens

PUTTI HOLDING ALOFT DRAPERIES (collab. w/workshop)

Sale Date: July 7, 2016

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