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 Auffindung des kleinen Erichthonios durch...

Peter Paul Rubens

Die Auffindung des kleinen Erichthonios durch...

Sale Date: November 18, 2006

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Atalante et Méléagre, 1650

After Peter Paul Rubens

Atalante et Méléagre, 1650

Sale Date: October 11, 2006

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Mythologische Szene

Attributed to Peter Paul Rubens

Mythologische Szene

Sale Date: November 10, 2006

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Der müde Amor

In the manner of Peter Paul Rubens

Der müde Amor

Sale Date: November 10, 2006

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The hunting party of the goddess Diana

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The hunting party of the goddess Diana

Sale Date: November 16, 2006

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Allegory of the Spanish monarchy as Fortitude

Peter Paul Rubens

Allegory of the Spanish monarchy as Fortitude

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Kreuzabnahme

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Die Heilige Familie

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Die Heilige Familie

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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St. Catherine, 1620

Peter Paul Rubens

St. Catherine, 1620

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Pastoral figures near a country village

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Pastoral figures near a country village

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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A tigress suckling her cubs

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

A tigress suckling her cubs

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Saint Jerome

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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The Adoration of the Magi

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Magi

Sale Date: October 31, 2006

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Portrait of Philip IV, on horseback

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Portrait of Philip IV, on horseback

Sale Date: November 1, 2006

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The Judgement of Solomon

After Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Solomon

Sale Date: November 1, 2006

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Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Mucius Scaevola vor Porsenna

Sale Date: October 4, 2006

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Vertumnus und Pomona

School of Peter Paul Rubens

Vertumnus und Pomona

Sale Date: October 4, 2006

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Die zudringlichen Liebhaber

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Die zudringlichen Liebhaber

Sale Date: October 4, 2006

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Versöhnung von Jacob und Esau

After Peter Paul Rubens

Versöhnung von Jacob und Esau

Sale Date: September 21, 2006

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The meeting of Abraham and Melchisedeck

After Peter Paul Rubens

The meeting of Abraham and Melchisedeck

Sale Date: October 3, 2006

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Portrait of a Carmelite at prayer

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of a Carmelite at prayer

Sale Date: October 3, 2006

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Putti carrying a swag of fruit in a landscape

After Peter Paul Rubens

Putti carrying a swag of fruit in a landscape

Sale Date: September 20, 2006

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Madonna mit Kind

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Madonna mit Kind

Sale Date: September 22, 2006

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Dajanara

Follower of Peter Paul Rubens

Sale Date: September 22, 2006

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