New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Peter Paul Rubens

426 works

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter who ran a large workshop in Antwerp, known for his altarpieces, portraits and mythological scenes full of movement. Read more

Featured

Half-length portrait of a smiling woman in black dress, gold necklace and jeweled headband, hand on chest, dark background.

Portrait of Isabella Brant

c. 1620-25

Painting of a bearded friar in a brown hooded robe with crossed hands and a crucifix, against a stormy sky and rocks.

Saint Francis

c. 1615

Oil portrait of a man, a woman in black satin, and a small child beside a garden fountain with a parrot and roses.

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614-1673), and Their Son Frans (1633-1678)

ca. 1635

Half-length portrait of a woman with pearl-adorned curled hair, black gown, and grey ruff collar against an ochre background.

Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon

c. 1630

Rubens painting of a kneeling woman greeting an armored warrior in red as soldiers, horses, and servants with bread gather in

David Meeting Abigail

early 1630s

Nude woman chained to a cliff with a winged putto freeing her wrists, a sea monster in the water below.

Andromeda

about 1640s

Mars in armor is disarmed by a nude Venus while cupids tug at his gear among scattered weapons in a vaulted arsenal.

The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus

about 1610-1612

Oil sketch of the Virgin Mary being crowned by Christ and God the Father, with cherubs in clouds below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

ca. 1632-33

Rubens painting of a nude banquet in a shell-covered grotto with servants, a parrot, and a sea view beyond.

The Feast of Acheloüs

ca. 1615

Dark forest landscape with a deer hunt in a clearing, tall trees, a rocky outcrop, and birds in a pale sky.

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt

ca. 1635

Rubens-style sketch of a risen Christ holding a chalice above a skeleton, with disciples and cherubs in an arched frame.

The Glorification of the Eucharist

ca. 1630-32

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with saints, a bearded friar, an elderly woman, and a child reaching toward the Christ chi

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

early or mid-1630s

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John, with a white dove held by the Christ Child.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove

ca. 1608-9

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a white ruff and black doublet holding dividers and a gold medallion on a red ribbon.

Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer

1597

Oil portrait of a woman in a black veil, gold headband and pearl necklace, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Susanna Lunden (Susanna Fourment, 1599-1628)

ca. 1625-27

Study of Two Heads

ca. 1609

Sketch of a triumphal procession with white horses, a golden chariot, a winged figure and crowds beneath a classical arch.

The Triumph of Henry IV

ca. 1630

Painting of Venus clasping the arm of Adonis in red tunic with a spear, a cupid, hunting dogs and a dark forest.

Venus and Adonis

probably mid-1630s

Rubens-style painting of a wolf and fox hunt with riders, spearmen, dogs and animals struggling in a green landscape.

Wolf and Fox Hunt

ca. 1616

Black-and-white reproduction of a painting of a seated judge on a throne with robed courtiers, soldiers, and children gathere

Cambyses Appointing Otanes Judge

Painting of a standing Christ in red drapery, a kneeling nun in a black veil, and souls in flames below with cherubs.

Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

Painting of a nude woman bathing while two bearded elders watch from behind a wall and tree, with a small dog nearby.

Susanna and the Elders

Grayscale reproduction of Rubens' Virgin and Child: a woman in a dark mantle holds a curly-haired infant leaning against her.

Virgin and Child

Rubens painting of Christ's body being lowered by mourners, a young man in red supporting the head and a weeping Virgin above

The Entombment

about 1612

Loose painted sketch of two commanders shaking hands before mounted soldiers, with a reclining river god and urn in the foreg

Meeting of King Ferdinand of Hungary and the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain at Nördlingen

1635

Four Studies of a Male Head

about 1617-1620

Rubens painting of a nude hunter spearing a wild boar as dogs and mounted hunters crowd a wooded clearing.

The Calydonian Boar Hunt

about 1611-1612

Brown ink and wash study of Christ carrying the cross, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd around him.

Christ on the road to Golgotha. The Carrying of the Cross

1634

Elderly man in white habit with clasped hands beside a gilded crosier and jeweled mitre against red background.

Matthæus Yrsselius (1541-1629), abbot at Sint-Michiels monastery in Antwerp

1622-1625

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark hooded habit with a white collar, against a brown background.

Dominican friar

1615-1620

The Apostle Peter

1592-1640

Portrait of a standing woman in a pale gown, pearl necklaces and black hat, before red drapery and a dark landscape.

Johanna of Austria (1547-1578)

1620-1623

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish Baroque painter who ran a large workshop in Antwerp, known for his altarpieces, portraits and mythological scenes full of movement. Browse 426 works by Peter Paul Rubens from 51 museums, free to download in HD.