Artvee
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Still Life
    • Illustration
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Historical
    • Fashion
    • Japanese Art
  • Artists
  • Topics
  • Highlights
  • Collections
    • Our Collections
    • User Collections
  • Book Illustrations
Login
Artvee
Menu
Peter Paul Rubens - Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child (ca. 1615-1618)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Facebook Twitter Pinterest
Favourite
Collect

Standard, 1895 x 2700px JPG, Size: 4.81 MB, 300dpi

Download

Max Size, 3158 x 4500px JPG, Size: 10.98 MB, 300dpi

Download
License: All files can be freely used for personal and commercial projects with no attribution required
Why is this image in the public domain?
The Artist died in 1640 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Peter Paul Rubens
About the Artist

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.

More Artwork by Peter Paul Rubens (View all 168 Artworks)

Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (1610 - 1690)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

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

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

The Return From War,Mars Disarmed By Venus (1610–1612)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing For The Hunt (C. 1615)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Lion (c. 1612-1613)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Ecce homo (1800 - 1857)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Anatomical Studies; a left forearm in two positions and a right forearm (ca. 1600–1605)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Decius Mus Addressing the Legions (probably 1616)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

More Artwork by Peter Paul Rubens (View all 168 Artworks)

Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (1610 - 1690)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

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

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

The Return From War,Mars Disarmed By Venus (1610–1612)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing For The Hunt (C. 1615)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Lion (c. 1612-1613)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Ecce homo (1800 - 1857)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
  • About Us
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact us

Artvee.com 2020 All Rights Reserved

  • Sign in
  • New account

Connect with:
Facebook Google Twitter

Forgot your password?

Connect with:
Facebook Google Twitter

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login

Add to Collection

  • Public collection title

  • Private collection title

No Collections yet

  • Sign in
  • Browse
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Landscape
    • Religion
    • Mythology
    • Posters
    • Drawings
    • Still Life
    • Illustration
    • Animals
    • Botanical
    • Historical
    • Fashion
    • Japanese Art
  • Artists
  • Topics
  • Highlights
  • Collections
    • Our Collections
    • User Collections
  • Book Illustrations

Sign in

close

Lost your password?
Or login with
Facebook
Google
No account yet? Create an Account