Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
Nationality: Flemish
Movement: Flemish School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Raised in Antwerp, Peter Paul Rubens was intended for a law career, until he took up painting under the instruction of the members of the Antwerp’s Painter’s Guild. Rubens was court painter to the Duke of Mantua, Vincenzo Gonzaga from 1600 to 1608 and traveled throughout Italy and Spain during that period, working in churches. He was then the court painter to Archduke Albrecht of the Netherlands in Antwerp, where he continued to work on portraits and large religious pieces. After being knighted by both Charles I and Phillip IV, Rubens retired in 1670 to work on landscapes until his death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Paul Rubens - p.708 Harper"s Weekly, 8 September 1877, 16th - 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Tribute Money, after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 17th century
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Paul Pontius, Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, Peintre, 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Tribute Money, circa 1612
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Peter Paul Rubens, Helena, Second Wife of Rubens - p.709 Harper"s Weekly, 8 September 1877, 16th - 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, St. Catherine, 16th - 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar, Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, ...Ne et Sulphure Pluit supra Sodomam et Gomorham... (The Angel Urges Lot to Take His Wife and Daughters Out of Sodom) , Genesis 19:15, after a composition by Peter Paul Rubens from a group of Biblical illustrations printed by C. J. Vis
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Peter Paul Rubens, Head of a Boy (Angel?), 16th - 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Rogier Clarisse, circa 1611
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Peter Paul Rubens, Itaque Fuit Nocte Eadem, Angelus Iehovae...( The Angel Smiting the Camp of the Assyrians), 2nd Kings19:35, after a composition by Peter Paul Rubens from a group of Biblical illustrations printed by C.J. Visscher, 17th century
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Balthazar Moncornet, Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, La femme a la chandelle, 16th - 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, St. Mary the Magdalene, 16th - 17th century
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Korean Man
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Frans van den Wyngaerde, Untitled (Baccanal), after Peter Paul Rubens , circa 1650
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Peter Paul Rubens, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 16th - 17th century
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Peter Paul Rubens, St. Catherine of Alexandria (reproduction ?), 16th - 17th century
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The Assumption of the Virgin
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Peter Paul Rubens, Sara Breyll, wife of Rogier Clarisse, circa 1611
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Peter Paul Rubens, Opticorum libri sex (Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1613), 1613
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The Coronation of the Virgin, sketch Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 19 5/8
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Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, Homage to Seneca after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century
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Four Studies of a Male Head
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Peter Paul Rubens - Philippe Rubens, the Artist's Brother 1610-11 oil on oak panel The Detroit Institute of Art Flemish
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Cambyses Appointing Otanes Judge Copy after Peter Paul Rubens (probably 18th century)Oil on wood; 18
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Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Peter Paul (born 1637), probably late
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Diana and Her Nymphs on the Hunt
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Peter Paul Rubens, Virgin and Child with St. Anne, the Infant St. John the Baptist and Two Adoring Angels, late 18th century
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Virgin and Child Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 39 3/4 x
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Susanna and the Elders Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 18 1/4
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The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish,
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Assumption of the Virgin
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Frans Francken I (1542-1616) Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 25 1/4
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Study of Two Heads Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 27 1/2 x 20
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Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish,
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Atalanta and Meleager, ca. 1616 Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 52 1/2 x
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Ladislas Sigismund IV (1595-1648), King of Poland Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
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Mars and Rhea Sylvia

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens
The other offers material that illuminates the cultural tradition and social circumstances within which Rubens was working to produce this painting in Antwerp in the 1630s. The exhibition seeks to provoke viewers to consider what it might mean to ...
Rembrandt House: Rembrandt’s Treasures

Rubens will be represented by a major work, on loan from Dresden, illustrating the story of Hero and Leander. It hung in Rembrandt’s house for many years before he sold it on in 1644. Another masterpiece is a painting by ...
Michael C. Carlos Museum: So Many Brilliant Talents: Art and Craft in the Age of Rubens
The period was one of extraordinary artistic achievement, with artists of the highest caliber working for the court, the Church and the upper middle class, says the exhibition curator, Dr. Ronni Baer, curator of European art at the Carlos Museum and...
Frick Art and Historical Center: Masterworks from the Albertina: Renaissance to Rococo
In all, some eighty drawings and twenty-two prints by masters of the German, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, and French schools will be on view. This traveling exhibition will remain at The Frick Art Museum through March 3, 2002. Among the many oth...
J. Paul Getty Center: THE BODY BEAUTIFUL: Artists Draw The Nude (1440-1850)
Mastering the depiction of the nude figure has long been a cornerstone of an artist’s training. Classical form prevailed through the Renaissance. Male nudes were drawn with finely detailed, strongly define...
Appleton Museum of Art: Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck, and their Circle: Flemish Master Drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Twenty-nine remarkable drawings by Rubens will make up the opening section of the exhibition. These sheets range over the full course of the artist’s long and distinguished career and include, most, if not all, of the many aspects of Ruben’s draft...
British Museum: THE LIGHT OF NATURE: Landscape drawings and watercolours by Van Dyck and his contemporaries
The exhibition brings together 25 of the 29 known landscape drawings by Van Dyck. Now widely dispersed, they are b...
Indianapolis Museum of Art: Museum Receives Major Old Master Collection
The Clowes Collection, assembled in the 1930s, 40s and 50s by George H. A. Clowes, is one of the finest private collections of Old Master art ever formed in the Midwest, said IMA director Bret Waller. The Clowes Collection includes paintings ...
Antwerpen: Van Dyck 1999 is More than a Huge Retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts
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Museo del Prado: Titian: The Museum's First Exhibition of His Works
The exhibition Titian aims to rectify this situation. With the collaboration of the national Gallery, an ambitious project has been devised which brings together the largest group of works by the artist assembled since 1935: 65 paintings from vari...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Old Master Drawings from the Albertina, Vienna
While extensive restoration at the Albertina is undertaken, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is delighted to have the opportunity to exhibit a glorious pageant of 100 works that reflect the breadth and quality of Duke Albert’s original collectio...
The British Museum: The Light of Nature: Van Dyck
The exhibition brings together 25 of the 29 known landscape drawings by Van Dyck. Now widely dispersed, they are borrowed from ...
Bartley Nees Gallery: Veils, Trails and Horses Tails: New Paintings by judy Millar
Be sure not to miss this exhibition of Judy's exuberant new paintings, which despite their abstraction perversely seduce the viewer into their seemingly three-dimensional depths. This is an artist on a roll - in her first year working full-time as...
Muse 269 Gallery: Charlie Warde: A Solo Show of Paintings and Drawings
The paintings exhibited are worked in traditional medium of oil on canvas and his subject matter is of recent landscapes painted in North England at his fathers farm in Kent. Concerned with all aspects of colour and design, he attempts to ‘bend th...
Art Gallery of Ontario: From Michelangelo to Picasso: Great Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
The selection of drawings in this exhibition demonstrates the breadth and strength of the Albertina’s holdings. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive ove...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: SENSATION: Young British Artists From the Saatchi Collection
Among the forty two artists represented is Damien Hirst, perhaps Britains best-known artist of this generation, who is now recognized throughout the world for his work comprising sections of animals, such as sharks, lambs, and cows, preserved and ...
National Gallery of Art: FROM REMBRANDT TO RUBENS AND MONET TO MATISSE, EXHIBITION PRESENTS ACQUISITIONS OF THE LAST DECADE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
The exhibition is made possible by Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications. The Foundation is also funding the development of a ...
Mississippi Art Pavilion: The Glory of Baroque Dresden
Among the highlights of the exhibition are Johann Vermeer’s “The Procuress” and the 41-carat “Dresden Green Diamond.”  Other artworks include twenty-seven Old Masters paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, van Dyck, Veronese, Tintoretto, and Mant...
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Draftsman's Art: Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland
The Draftsman's Art spans the 15th to the 19th centuries with drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Peter Paul Rubens, François Boucher, William ...
Art Instutite ofChicago: Raphael and Titian: The Renaissance Portrait
The Raphael and Titian portraits will be on loan to the Art Institute from the Pitti Gallery in Florence, where they are considered to be two of the greatest masterpieces in the collection. This exhibition offers a rar...
Art Gallery of Ontario: Treasures from the Hermitage Museum, Russia: Rubens and His Age
Director Iosif Orbeli ordered the great museum emptied on June 23, 1941, the day after the first invasion by Hitler, starting the Siege of Leningrad. More than 1.5 million works were packed during a six-day marathon...
National Gallery: Baroque Painting in Genoa: The First Exhibition to Be Held in Britain of Genoese Painting
This is the first exhibition to be held in Britain of Genoese painting. Highlights include Rubens Equestrian Portrait of Giovan Carlo Doria, an impressive image of one of Genoa's most significant artistic patrons; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione's ...
Frick Collection: The Draftsman’s Art: Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland
The exhibition is accompanied by a presentation organized by The Frick Collection and offered at this venue only. Generously on loan from the National Gallery of Scotland from December 5, 2000 through January 21, 2001, is one of its most popul...
Appleton Museum of Art: Splendors of 16th and 17th Century: Dutch, Spanish, Flemish, French, British Painting From the Collections of the Ringling Museum of Art
Splendors samples the Ringling's extensive Baroque collection, considered among the largest and finest in North America. Baroque art emerged as a product of the Catholic Counter Reformation in the 17th century. It is characterized, in part, b...
Cafe Gallery Project: Johannes Phokela Re-Working Iconic Images
Phokela links these re-interpretations of Dutch Golden Age painting with the development of the Enlightenment movement, and with the colonisation of the African continent. Whilst Phokela's work weaves a personal history into the canon of Dutch ...
The Art Gallery of Ontario: Riches from Rome
Caravaggio
is considered one of the most important figures of the Baroque period - his dramatic realism and magic use of light influenced artists throughout Europe...
Showroom: Diann Bauer: bludgeonerator
Diann Bauer is a London based artist. Her paintings and drawings are an implosion of violent imagery from different times and cultures, such as the Japanese Edo period woodcuts of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and for her new work at The Showroom, the painti...
Musee du Quebec: The Return of The Polish Treasures
The selection shown includes sumptuous Flemish tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund Augustus, rare portraits of royal families and members of the nobilit...
Thomas Dane: Translations - Creative Copying and Originality
The idea that artists create autonomously is a great myth. The exhibition shows how artists have always been attracted by the works of their predecessors and contemporaries and how they have explored the creative potential of copying for their own...
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst: Jacques Charlier: Belgian Aspects of Flanders
Charlier is a Belgian artist who is internationally appreciated. Until now the main impulses behind this have come from Flanders. In fact few curators in Wallonia support him. This fact provides the theme for the S.M.A.K. exhibition. Charlier wan...

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WebMuseum: Rubens, Peter Paul
Peter Paul Rubens - Olgas Gallery
NGA - Sir Peter Paul Rubens
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CGFA- Peter Paul Rubens
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Peter Paul Rubens
RUBENS, Peter Paul
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Peter Paul Rubens (Getty Museum)

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