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Peter Paul Rubens

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Oil painting of a banquet where a woman in red carries a platter with a severed head past seated guests.

The Feast of Herod. Salome Bringing the Head of St John the Baptist on a Charger

1600-1699

Painting of the Holy Family: Mary holds the nude infant Christ while a bearded Joseph looks on in a dim interior.

The Holy Family

1630-1878

Portrait of an Old Man

1622

Loose painted sketch of a muscular nude man struggling as armored soldiers advance, beside a reclining woman in pink drapery.

The Capture of Samson

1609-10

Oil portrait of a woman in a black plumed hat, red sleeves and crossed arms against a blue sky.

Portrait of Susanna Lunden

1622

Painting of a violent battle of mounted warriors and horses on a stone bridge, with fallen nude figures in the foreground.

The Battle of the Amazons

1618

Full-length portrait of a seated woman in black with a white lace ruff, a parrot at left, and an arched background.

Bildnis der Veronica Spinola Serra

1605

Rubens painting of a laurel-crowned man pointing to the sea as an eagle flies above, with men studying plans among stone frag

Die Gründung Konstantinopels

1622

Rubens-style Nativity: Mary tends the infant Christ in a manger as shepherds and angels gather in a dim stable.

Die Anbetung der Hirten

1609

Triptych: risen Christ with red banner among startled soldiers, flanked by a fur-clad man and a woman with a palm.

The Resurrection of Christ

1611

Baroque painting of helmeted Minerva and winged figures with a nude child among clouds, in an ornate gilt frame.

" England and Scotland with Minerva and Love "

1632

Painting of the centaur Chiron carrying young Achilles beneath a garden arbor with classical statues and a hunting dog.

The centaur Chiron educating the youthful Achilles. Alternative title(s): Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron.[1]

1630

Painting of a kneeling nun in white praying toward a glowing vision, with a crucifix, skull and open book on a table.

The Vision of Saint Teresa of Avila

Painting of a nereid riding on a triton with a conch shell among churning sea waves, by Peter Paul Rubens.

Nereïde op een triton rijdend

1636

Painting of a dusky wooded landscape with tall trees, a red-clad man beside a cart, and a stream in the foreground.

Avondlandschap met boerenkar

1630

Painting of a saint's martyrdom with soldiers, a white horse, dogs, and angels descending through a stormy sky.

De marteling van de heilige Livinus

1633

Loose oil sketch of saints, bishops and clergy gazing up at a heavenly vision of clouds and figures.

Allerheiligen

1614

Painting of the centaur Chiron carrying a young boy on a white horse body, framed by classical statues and a garland.

De centaur Chiron onderricht de jeugdige Achilles

1630

Loose brown wash sketch of a helmeted warrior reaching toward a standing female figure, with studies of heads around the shee

Minerva verdrijft Mars

1630

Oil sketch of a nude muscular bearded man in a laurel wreath standing over a fallen figure against a dark background.

Hercules met de neergevelde Discordia (de Tweedracht)

1610

Two bearded men in Roman-style dress clasp hands while a cherub with a wreath hovers above them.

Twee Romeinse veldheren

1635

Oil sketch of a seated ruler with lions, a standing youth, courtiers and classical columns beneath a draped canopy.

Achilles vertoornd op Agamemnon

1630

Loose oil sketch of Bacchus and Ariadne with attendants carrying thyrsus staffs against a pale sky.

Bacchus en Ariadne

1636

Sketch of Bacchus in a lion-drawn chariot surrounded by satyrs, putti and revelers in warm brown tones.

De triomftocht van Bacchus

1636

Loose painted sketch of a man leaning over a limp woman in blue drapery beside a tree, in warm brown tones.

De dood van Eurydice

1636

Sketch of a chained nude woman on a rock with a sea monster below and a winged figure above at left.

Perseus en Andromeda

1636

Painted altarpiece sketch with a monstrance held by angels, musician angels, kneeling saints and clergy in gilded architectur

The Adoration of the Eucharist

c. 1626

Oil sketch of Narcissus leaning over water beneath a tree, wrapped in red drapery, by Peter Paul Rubens.

Narcissus wordt op zijn eigen spiegelbeeld verliefd

1636

Painting of a nude woman with a crown raising a sword beside a carved bed where a bearded man lies asleep.

The Death of Dido

about 1640

Painting of a levitating bearded saint above a crowd of onlookers and sick people beneath classical columns.

The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola

about 1627-1628

Painting of a blonde woman and a young hunter beside a dead boar, with a horn player and a bearded face in the dark backgroun

Atalanta and Meleager

ca. 1616

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with a white collar and dark coat, hand resting at his waist, against a dark backgroun

Frans Francken I (1542-1616)