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Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish, 1577-1640
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.

In addition to running a large workshop in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. Rubens was a prolific artist. The catalogue of his works by Michael Jaffé lists 1,403 pieces, excluding numerous copies made in his workshop.

His commissioned works were mostly history paintings, which included religious and mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the royal entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria in 1635. He wrote a book with illustrations of the palaces in Genoa, which was published in 1622 as Palazzi di Genova. The book was influential in spreading the Genoese palace style in Northern Europe. Rubens was an avid art collector and had one of the largest collections of art and books in Antwerp. He was also an art dealer and is known to have sold an important number of art objects to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems.

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Death of Adonis

Death of Adonis (ca. 1639)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Mythology
The Virgin and Child with Sts. Elizabeth and John the Baptist

The Virgin and Child with Sts. Elizabeth and John the Baptist (between 1632 and 1634)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
The Amazon Battle

The Amazon Battle (1618)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
The stigmatisation of Saint Francis of Assisi 

The stigmatisation of Saint Francis of Assisi  (circa 1633)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man

Diogenes Looking for an Honest Man (ca. 1630 – 1640)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Mythology
King David Playing the Harp

King David Playing the Harp (ca 1616)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola

The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola (about 1627–1628)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
Die Gründung Konstantinopels

Die Gründung Konstantinopels (ca 1622-1623)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
Portrait of the Brussels goldsmith Robert Staes, his wife Anna and their son Albert

Portrait of the Brussels goldsmith Robert Staes, his wife Anna and their son Albert (ca 1610-1611)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
Portrait of the philosopher Seneca

Portrait of the philosopher Seneca (ca 1614-1615)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
Portrait of Veronica Spinola Serra

Portrait of Veronica Spinola Serra (ca 1605-1606)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
Die Anbetung der Hirten

Die Anbetung der Hirten (ca 1609-1610)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
Cecrops’ Daughters Finding Erichtonius. Sketch

Cecrops’ Daughters Finding Erichtonius. Sketch

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Mythology
The Andrians

The Andrians

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Mythology
Dominican friar

Dominican friar

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Figurative
The Virgin and Child of the Rosary

The Virgin and Child of the Rosary

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Religion
Herkules II

Herkules II (1550 – 1650)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
The Crucifixion of Peter the Apostle

The Crucifixion of Peter the Apostle (1640)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
A Faun Grasping a Bunch of Grapes

A Faun Grasping a Bunch of Grapes (after 1616/18)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
The Feast of Herod (recto)

The Feast of Herod (recto) (c. 1637-1638)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus (verso)

Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus (verso) (c. 1637-38)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate Headdress

Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate Headdress (c. 1500)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Battle of Nude Men

Battle of Nude Men

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Elderly Man Watching Putti Dissect an Eye

Elderly Man Watching Putti Dissect an Eye (c. 1613)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Lion

Lion (c. 1612-1613)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo

Part of the Crowd at the Ecce Homo

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Putti Testing a Man’s Perception of Depth

Putti Testing a Man’s Perception of Depth (c. 1613)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
Venus Lamenting Adonis

Venus Lamenting Adonis (c. 1608-1612)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Drawings
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