Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Flemish painter born at Sieghen, died at Anvers (1577-2640), author of a great number of paintings, among which: The Descent from the Cross (in the Cathedral of Anvers), Crucifixion of St. Peter, Portrait of Helene Fourment and Her Children, History of Maria de Medicis, etc. In his painting, there is a brimful, powerful imagination, an energy of the drawing, and a certain verve of the color touches, combined with brilliant colors. Rubens was the protege of the Archduke Albet, Governor of the Netherlands, and of the King Phillip II of Spain, of the Queen of France, Marie de Medicis, and finally a protege of the King of England, Charles I.

Among his other paintings, Samson and Delilah, The Garden of Love and The Massacre of the Innocents.

Peter Paul Rubens "The Drunken Hercules" (1611) Gemaldegalerie, Dresden	Peter Paul Rubens "Jupiter and Callisto" (1613) Staatliche Museen, Kassel	Peter Paul Rubens "The Deposition" (1602) Galleria Borghese, Rome	Peter Paul Rubens "Two Satyrs" (1618-1619) Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Peter Paul Rubens "Raising of the Cross 1" (1610) Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp	Peter Paul Rubens "Venus and Adonis 1" (1614) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Peter Paul Rubens "Samson and Delilah" (1609) National Gallery, London	Peter Paul Rubens "The Head of Medusa" (1617) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Peter Paul Rubens "The Abduction of Ganymede" (1611-1612) Schwarzenberg Palace, Vienna	Peter Paul Rubens "Prometheus Bound" (1610-1611) Museum of Art, Philadelphia	Peter Paul Rubens "The Consequences of War" (1637-1638) Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence	Peter Paul Rubens "St Sebastian" (1614) Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Peter Paul Rubens "Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus" (1617) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Peter Paul Rubens "Descent from the Cross 1" (1612-1614) Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp	Peter Paul Rubens "Music Making Angels" (1628) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Rubens "Elevation of The Cross" (1610-1611) Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Peter Paul Rubens "Battle of the Amazons" (1618) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Peter Paul Rubens "The Drunken Silenus 1" (1616-1617) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Peter Paul Rubens "The Last Judgement" (1617) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Peter Paul Rubens "Judith with the Head of Holofernes" (1616) Herzog Ulrich Anton-Museum, Braunschweig
Peter Paul Rubens "Pan and Syrinx" (1617-1619) Staatliche Museen, Kassel	Peter Paul Rubens "Raising of the Cross detail 1" (1610) Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp	Peter Paul Rubens "The Rape of Europa" (1630) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Peter Paul Rubens "The Three Graces" (1639) Museo del Prado, Madrid
Peter Paul Rubens "Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves" (1619-1620) Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp	Peter Paul Rubens "St George Fighting the Dragon" (1606-1610) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Peter Paul Rubens "The Rape of the Sabine Women" (1635-1637) National Gallery, London	Peter Paul Rubens "The Fall of the Damned" (1620) Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Peter Paul Rubens "The Incredulity of St Thomas" (1613-1615) Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp	Peter Paul Rubens "Garden of Love" (1638) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Peter Paul Rubens "The Massacre of the Innocents" (1611-1612) National Gallery, London	Peter Paul Rubens "Cleopatra" (1615) National Gallery, Prague
Peter Paul Rubens "Samson and Delilah" (1609-1610) National Gallery, London	Peter Paul Rubens "Lion Hunt" (1621) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Peter Paul Rubens "Garden of Love" (1633) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Peter Paul Rubens "The Judgement of Paris" (1606) Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
Peter Paul Rubens "Perseus and Andromeda" (1620-1621) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Peter Paul Rubens "Venus and Adonis 2" (1635) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Peter Paul Rubens "Perseus Freeing Andromeda" (1622) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Peter Paul Rubens "The Resurrection of Christ 1" (1611-1612) Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp

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