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Peter Paul Rubens

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Two pen and ink sketches of banquet scenes with seated and standing figures around a table.

The Feast of Herod (recto); Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus (verso)

c. 1637-38

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a man in a red jacket threshing beside a wooden wagon, with farm buildings behind.

A Man Threshing Beside a Wagon, Farm Buildings Behind

1615-1617

Pen and ink sketch of a battle scene with armored warriors and horses, with a verso showing a nude figure and drapery study.

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto) Venus Disarming Mars, Drapery Study (verso)

c. 1632/35

Pen and brown wash drawing of horsemen, armoured warriors and kneeling women in a crowded scene, attributed to Rubens.

Reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines (recto)

c. 1632/35

Pen and ink sketch of nude nymphs hoisting a heavy load, with studies of figures and poses around the central group.

The loading of the hunting booty by the nymphs of Diana

1611

Group of standing men in toga's

1587

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

ca. 1633-35

Pen and wash drawing of elegant women and cherubs in a garden with a classical column and fountain.

The Garden of Love (right portion)

ca. 1633-35

Two pale oval shapes with red speckles on a tan sheet, with handwritten Dutch inscription below.

Antieke camee met portretkop, in profiel naar rechts

1613

Antieke camee met portretkop, in profiel naar links

1613

Watercolor drawing of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation of men and women in a church interior.

A Sermon in a Village Church

ca. 1630

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure beside a row of heads and partial figures on tan paper.

Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium (recto); Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man (verso)

ca. 1601-02 (recto); ca. 1601 (verso)

Pen sketch of a man in plumed cap and armor and a woman in jeweled headdress, with handwritten colour notes.

Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude figure with long flowing hair and a twisted torso, on pale paper.

Hermaphrodite

17th century

Black chalk drawing of a nude man turned left, with a bearded satyr head sketched beside him on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

n.d.

Pencil sketch of two muscular men wrestling a lion on grey paper, one draped in cloth, the other nude.

Samson vechtend met de leeuw

1587

Pencil study of a lion seen from behind, with hindquarters, tail and paws drawn on grey paper.

Leeuw, van achteren gezien

1587

Black chalk drawing of a spread-winged eagle perched on a globe, head turned upward, on aged tan paper.

The Capitoline Eagle

c. 1601/1602

Brown ink drawing of a bearded old man in a library gesturing as nude putti reach toward him.

Putti Testing a Man's Perception of Depth

c. 1613

Pen and ink sketch of several nude men in violent battle poses, with a shield and bearded heads, on buff paper.

Battle of Nude Men

Studies of a Roman Sarcophagus

1602/03

Red chalk study of a reclining child with ink sketches of battling soldiers and horses around it.

Study of a Child; Battle Scene

Brown ink drawing of putti dissecting an eye on a table while an elderly bearded man watches beside columns and books.

Elderly Man Watching Putti Dissect an Eye

c. 1613

Brown ink and wash drawing of a battle with nude fighters, a centaur, and a woman with long hair at the center.

Strijd tussen Lapithen en Centauren

1608