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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Die Anbetung der Könige

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Die Anbetung der Könige

Sale Date: October 6, 2011

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The fall of man with a surround of seven Greek...

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The fall of man with a surround of seven Greek...

Sale Date: October 7, 2011

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Bildnis des Malers Jan Wildens im...

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Bildnis des Malers Jan Wildens im...

Sale Date: October 12, 2011

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Allegorie auf die Menschwerdung Jesu als...

Peter Paul Rubens

Allegorie auf die Menschwerdung Jesu als...

Sale Date: October 12, 2011

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Die Großmut des Scipio (collab. w/workshop)

Peter Paul Rubens

Die Großmut des Scipio (collab. w/workshop)

Sale Date: October 12, 2011

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The drunken Bacchus surrounded by Silenus, man...

School of Peter Paul Rubens

The drunken Bacchus surrounded by Silenus, man...

Sale Date: September 27, 2011

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Die Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige

Sale Date: September 24, 2011

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Caritas

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Caritas

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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Christus am Kreuz

After Peter Paul Rubens

Christus am Kreuz

Sale Date: September 28, 2011

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Amazonenschlacht

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Amazonenschlacht

Sale Date: September 21, 2011

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Figürliche Szene (study)

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Figürliche Szene (study)

Sale Date: September 23, 2011

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The head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris

After Peter Paul Rubens

The head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris

Sale Date: July 17, 2011

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Nativity scene

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Nativity scene

Sale Date: April 17, 2010

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Portrait of a young woman with braided hair,...

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of a young woman with braided hair,...

Sale Date: July 7, 2011

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The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John...

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John...

Sale Date: July 7, 2011

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Two lions (study)

After Peter Paul Rubens

Two lions (study)

Sale Date: July 7, 2011

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The Drunken Silenus

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The Drunken Silenus

Sale Date: July 8, 2011

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Löwenjagd

Manner/Style of Peter Paul Rubens

Löwenjagd

Sale Date: June 30, 2011

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L'adoration des mages, 1700

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L'adoration des mages, 1700

Sale Date: June 19, 2011

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Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche, 1800–1899

Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche, 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 26, 2011

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The Judgement of Paris

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The Judgement of Paris

Sale Date: June 25, 2011

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Trois têtes, 1600–1699

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Trois têtes, 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 17, 2011

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Retrato (Dominico P. Buzzara?), 1600–1602

Peter Paul Rubens

Retrato (Dominico P. Buzzara?), 1600–1602

Sale Date: June 20, 2011

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Moïse sauvé des eaux, 1600–1699

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Moïse sauvé des eaux, 1600–1699

Sale Date: June 22, 2011

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