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)

Banchetto di Erode (+ Salomè e la testa di San...

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Banchetto di Erode (+ Salomè e la testa di San...

Sale Date: June 7, 2006

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A satyr and bacchante

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

A satyr and bacchante

Sale Date: June 14, 2006

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Skattepenningen, 1921

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Skattepenningen, 1921

Sale Date: June 1, 2006

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Mucius Scaevola inför Kung Porsenna

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens

Mucius Scaevola inför Kung Porsenna

Sale Date: June 1, 2006

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En satyr stjæler druer fra to bacchusbørn

Style of Peter Paul Rubens

En satyr stjæler druer fra to bacchusbørn

Sale Date: June 8, 2006

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Frugtkransen

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Sale Date: June 8, 2006

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Le martyre de Saint Laurent

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Le martyre de Saint Laurent

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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L'Adoration des bergers

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L'Adoration des bergers

Sale Date: May 17, 2006

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Le Temps élève la Vérité vers le trône de la...

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Le Temps élève la Vérité vers le trône de la...

Sale Date: May 16, 2006

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The Munich lion hunt

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The Munich lion hunt

Sale Date: May 16, 2006

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Portrait of Queen Anne of Austria

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Portrait of Queen Anne of Austria

Sale Date: May 18, 2006

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Sainte Madeleine

Peter Paul Rubens

Sainte Madeleine

Sale Date: April 27, 2006

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Alexander crowning Roxanne as queen

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Alexander crowning Roxanne as queen

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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Bacchante and a satyr in a landscape

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Bacchante and a satyr in a landscape

Sale Date: April 25, 2006

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

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The Conversion of Saint Paul

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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The Crucifixion

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The Crucifixion

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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The Descent from the Cross, 1630

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The Descent from the Cross, 1630

Sale Date: April 26, 2006

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Studio of Peter Paul Rubens

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Sale Date: April 27, 2006

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Ein Feldherr wird von einem Soldaten und einem...

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Ein Feldherr wird von einem Soldaten und einem...

Sale Date: April 7, 2006

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Kopfstudie für das Bildnis eines vornehmen Herrn

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens

Kopfstudie für das Bildnis eines vornehmen Herrn

Sale Date: April 7, 2006

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Thomyris, reine des scythes, fait plonger la , 1630

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Thomyris, reine des scythes, fait plonger la , 1630

Sale Date: March 26, 2006

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Autoportrait avec Juste Lipse et Jan Woverius...

Style of Peter Paul Rubens

Autoportrait avec Juste Lipse et Jan Woverius...

Sale Date: March 27, 2006

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L'Adoration des Mages

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L'Adoration des Mages

Sale Date: March 27, 2006

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Die Bekehrung des Saulus zu Paulus

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Die Bekehrung des Saulus zu Paulus

Sale Date: March 24, 2006

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