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Peter Paul Rubens

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Full-length portrait of a woman in a black silk gown and wide-brimmed hat with feathers, holding a plume against a stormy sky

Portrait of Hélène Fourment (1614-1673)

1635

Painting of the Virgin Mary being crowned by Christ and God the Father amid clouds, with cherubs and a dove above.

The coronation of the Virgin

1625

Painting of a bearded god carrying off a struggling nude woman in a chariot, with cupids and startled nymphs around.

The rape of Proserpina

1636

Loose oil sketch of a woman in red drapery riding a white bull with gilded horns, against a pale golden ground.

The Rape of Europe

1636

Painted portrait of a young man in a red cardinal's robe and biretta against a dark background with a stone column.

Ferdinand of Austria, Cardinal-Infanta of Spain (1906-1941)

1628

Painting of Christ seated with Martha and Mary on a terrace, with a dog, monkey, birds and fruit, and a landscape behind.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

1628

Nude mythological figures with putti and dogs in a wooded landscape, depicting the Judgment of Paris by Rubens.

The Judgment of Paris

1606

Crowded armoury interior with suits of armour, weapons, a nude woman embracing a child, and paintings on the walls.

Touch

1617

Painting of Mercury raising a sword toward Argus beside a white cow under a tree in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Argus (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 668-721)

1636

Equestrian portrait of a bearded rider in gilded armor on a chestnut horse, with a winged figure offering a wreath above.

Portrait of Philips II van Habsburg (1527-1598)

1628

Lush garden with flowers, a seated nude woman with a child, peacocks, a fountain and a dog, by Rubens.

Smell

1617

Painting of a muscular man in red drapery flying through clouds while carrying a flaming torch.

Prometheus

1636

Rubens painting of seated Bacchus with wine goblet, a woman pouring wine, a satyr, children and a panther.

Bacchus

1638

Painting of a festival in a wooded grove with a statue of Venus, dancing nude figures, cupids and fruit garlands.

The Feast of Venus

1636

Oil portrait of a woman with a large white ruff collar and dark dress against a brown background.

Portrait of Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella (Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens, Daughter of the Painter ? )

1625

Rubens painting of a queen kneeling for crowning in a Gothic church, with clergy, cardinals, courtiers and angels above.

The Coronation of Marie de' Medici in Saint-Denis

1622

Oil sketch of Apollo drawing a bow toward a coiled serpent, with a flying Cupid above, by Rubens.

Apollo and Python (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 441-444)

1636

Painting of nude women bathing beside a fountain, with a red-clad servant and a kneeling attendant drying a foot.

The Bath of Diana

1635

Painting of Diana leading nymphs and hunting dogs back from the hunt, with a horn player and cloudy landscape behind.

Diana returning from the Hunt

1617

Rubens painting of a mythological banquet with nude goddess, armored warrior, winged messenger and cupid around a laden table

The wedding of Thetis and Peleus - Golden Apple of Discord

1633

Rubens painting of nude figures on clouds, including Ixion embracing a cloud, a peacock, a cupid, and a seated god.

Ixion, king of the Lapiths, deceived by Hera (Juno)

1615

Painting of a bearded man in red robes at a table, a wolf-headed figure reaching for meat, and an eagle with lightning above.

Jupiter and Lycaon

1650

Rubens equestrian portrait of a armoured rider on a white horse beside a palm tree, with soldiers in the distance.

Equestrian portrait of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval-Rojas y Borjas, Duque de Lerma (1553-1625)

1603

Painting of a stormy landscape with a rainbow over a waterfall and figures on a wooded hillside at right.

Landscape with Philemon and Baucis

1620

Painting of a bearded Christ in white drapery holding a globe and raising one hand against a dark background.

Christ holding the globe

1618

Nude Venus rises from the sea with long hair as nymphs, tritons and flying cherubs gather around her on the shore.

The Birth of Venus

1650

Oil painting of figures gathered at a candlelit table with bread, cheese, fruit and wine, one man in a red cloak holding brea

Christ at Emmaus

1610

Oil painting of a chained nude woman on a rocky shore, with a winged rider and a cherub in a stormy sky above.

Perseus Freeing Andromeda

1638

Black and white reproduction of Rubens's Neptune and Amphitrite showing sea gods, nude figures and wild animals.

Neptune and Amphitrite

1614

Oil sketch of religious figures including bishops, a friar and a cardinal beneath a classical arch with cherubs above.

The Defenders of the Eucharist - modello.jpg

1650

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king before the infant Christ, the Virgin, and attendants in a stable.

Adoration of the Magi

1617

Brown-toned painted design of a triumphal arch with allegorical figures, an armored warrior, and a tree with parrots at top.

Arch of the mint: the rear face (Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi)

1635

Dark stormy landscape with a rainbow, a hillside house with smoking chimney, waves on a distant coast, and a bare tree at rig

Landscape with the Shipwreck of Paul

1625

Painting of St George on a white horse lancing a dragon while a woman and a lamb watch under a stormy sky.

St George Battles the Dragon

1606

Painting of armored Perseus freeing the nude Andromeda chained to a rock, with two cherubs above and a sea monster below.

Perseus and Andromeda

1639

Painting of Diana and nymphs hunting deer in a forest with spears and hounds, in loose painterly brushwork.

Diana and her Nymphs, Hunting

1636

Oil sketch of two winged figures in flight, one raising a sword, against a pale sky with billowing clouds.

The Persecution of the Harpies

1636

Oil sketch of a laurel-crowned youth bending over a fallen nude youth beside a discus, in an open landscape.

The death of Hyacinth (Ovid, Metamorphoses, X, 162-219)

1636

Painting of the Judgment of Paris: a shepherd, a winged messenger with a golden apple, and three nude goddesses in a wooded l

The Judgment of Paris

1638

Rubens painting of nude nymphs and satyrs in a struggle in a forest, with a dead stag and fox in the foreground.

Diana and nymphs attacked by satyrs

1639

Rubens battle painting with a rearing white horse, armored soldiers, fallen bodies, and a winged figure in a stormy sky.

The Death of Decius Mus

1616

Full-length portrait of a woman in black with a white ruff, holding a red coral rosary before red drapery.

Portrait of Adriana Perez., wife to burgomaster Nicolas Rockox of Antwerp

1613

Large baroque painting of a robed saint preaching to a crowd, with a sick man in the foreground and angels in the clouds abov

The miracles of St. Francis Xavier

1617

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black dress with gold chain and lace cuffs, against green drapery.

Portrait of a Young Woman

1620

Dark landscape with a castle tower, crescent moon, stormy sky and a pale hanged figure on a gallows at left.

Landscape with a hanged man on a gallows

1635

Baroque painting of the Holy Family enthroned with saints, angels, a bishop, soldiers and a nude martyr beside a dragon.

La Sagrada Familia rodeada de santos

1630

Portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff, gold chain and red curtain, with a river and palace behind.

Portrait of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

1615

Bearded muscular man in red drapes carries a flaming torch upward through blue clouds toward a shaft of light.

Prometheus

1637

Rubens painting of a lavish feast with game, fish, and fruit, a seated woman in orange, and a forest landscape beyond.

Taste

1618

Black and white reproduction of a hunt scene: a stag chased by hounds while hunters with spears and a horn rush forward.

Diana on the stag hunt

1630

Painting of a woman with a halo playing a virginal, accompanied by putti and a cherub, with classical columns behind her.

Saint Cecilia playing the virginal

1639

Painting of three women with fruit, a cornucopia, parrots and a monkey beside a tree, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1624.

Ceres with two Nymphs

1624

Rubens painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, angels, putti, a dragon and kneeling clergy beneath an arch.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints by Peter Paul Rubens

1628

Diamond-shaped heraldic coat of arms with hearts and eagles above an empty grey cartouche topped by a cherub head.

The armory of Adriana Perez., wife to burgomaster Nicolas Rockox of Antwerp

1613

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak with a white ruff, against a dark background.

Selfportrait

1638

Painting of the Madonna with the nude Christ Child, an open book, roses, tulips and a fruit basket in a forest setting.

Madonna and Child

1615

Painting of a castle beside a lake with elegantly dressed figures gathered in a wooded park under a cloudy sky.

Park Landscape with Merry Company

1632

Loose brown-toned painting of a deer hunt with hounds, a hunter in red, a fallen stag, and a wide forest landscape.

Deer hunt near a forest

1630

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark fur-trimmed cloak and gold chain, holding a cane before red drapery.

Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541-1587)

1621

Painting of Medusa's severed head with a mass of snakes for hair, lying on rocks with a lizard and scorpion nearby.

Head of Medusa

1618

Painting of gods in clouds above an armored king receiving a framed portrait from a winged messenger, with cherubs and a peac

The Presentation of Marie de' Medici's Portrait to Henry IV

1621

Painting of a nude blond woman seated by a red cloth, with a satyr holding fruit and a cupid in a stormy landscape.

Venus Frigida

1614

Neptune with trident and red cloak rises from the sea beside nymphs and a sea horse, with galleons and storm clouds behind.

The voyage of the prince from Barcelona to Genoa

1635

Diptych painting: left, Christ with a kneeling nun above souls in flames; right, an older woman teaching a young woman in blu

Saint Theresa and the Education of Mary

Oil painting of a betrothal scene with a bride in white, an elder in red robes, onlookers, columns, and cherubs above.

The Betrothal of the Virgin Mary

1620

Seated woman with loose hair gazes upward beside scattered jewelry, a mirror and a perfume bottle on a dark background.

Penitent Mary Magdalene

1650

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ center on a cross, two thieves beside him, grieving women and armored soldiers below.

Calvary

1651

Oil sketch of a triumphal chariot with allegorical figures, cherubs, flags and armour, by Peter Paul Rubens.

Triumphal Chariot of Kallo

1638

Oil portrait of a bearded man with curly red hair holding a sword with a lion-head hilt, dark background.

The apostel Paul

1612

Oil painting of a clothed woman holding a bridle above a nude child, with a dog below, on a dark background.

Temperance triumphant over Intemperance

1700

Family portrait of a bearded man, a woman in a lace headdress and a curly-haired child holding grapes against a dark backgrou

Bildnis des Brüsseler Goldschmieds Robert Staes, seiner Frau Anna und ihres Sohnes Albert

1610

Half-length painting of an elderly bearded man with gray hair and a white drape, gazing upward against a dark background.

Brustbild des Philosophen Seneca

1614

Loose oil sketch of a kitchen maid, a boy and a butcher gesturing around a table on a golden ground.

Kitchen Maid, Butcher and Boy around a Table

Painting of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with angels, a dove, and nude figures on the bank.

The baptism of Christ

1604

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

c. 1639

Sketch in brown and red tones of Hercules and Minerva driving away Mars amid swirling figures and clouds.

Hercules and Minerva expelling Mars

1634

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with a macaw perched on a column, a seated woman in red holding a nude infant.

Yhe holy Family with the parrot

1614

Oil painting of a armored rider on a rearing white horse beside a dog, under a dark tree and stormy sky.

Equestrian Portrait of Giovanni Carlo Doria

1606

The Triumph of the Church

The Triumph of the Church

after 1628

Painting of a grey horse with red saddle trotting along a path, with a city of church spires in the distance at dusk.

White Horse trotting over a flat Landscape before a City

1648

Verso of a panel with brown ink sketches of cavalry riders and horses in battle, crossed by a horizontal wooden strip.

Two Cavalry Battles

1627

Triptych painting of the Virgin Mary giving a garment to a kneeling clergyman, with angels above and a royal couple on the si

Ildefonso Altarpiece

1630

Baroque painting of a gilded chariot with white horses, a robed woman holding a monstrance, and winged putti in clouds.

The Triumph of the Church

1625

Painting of a sleeping winged youth reclining on a red drape beneath a hanging lamp, dark background.

Amor Asleep

1630

Painting of a nude woman with curly hair wrapped in a dark fur robe, standing on a red cloth against a dark background.

Helena Fourment in a Fur Robe

1638

Painting by Rubens showing dead game birds and produce on a table beside figures, including an old woman in a white headscarf

Philopoemen Recognised by an Old Woman

1616

Painting by Rubens of a nude winged youth offering a palm branch to a cardinal in red, with women and cardinals in a classica

Maria de Medici meets her son, with Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld as mediator

1622

Painting of the Virgin in a red dress and dark veil holding a standing nude infant Christ on a draped cloth.

Madonna and Child

1618

Baroque painting of a veiled woman in black led through a crowd of armoured soldiers, with torch-bearing winged figures overh

Maria de' Medici's flight to Blois, 21-22 February 1619, 1622-1625

1622

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, surrounded by many nude cherubs among clouds.

The Virgin and Child surrounded by the Holy Innocents

1618

Painting of armored Minerva with spear and shield striking down a falling nude figure against a stormy sky.

Minerva overcoming Ignorance

1632

Painting of Saturn, a bearded nude old man with a scythe, carrying a screaming infant through dark clouds under stars.

Saturn

1636

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress with pearls and a fan, against a red background.

Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Isabella Brant

1637

Painting of Saint Sebastian, a nude man tied to a tree and pierced by arrows, looking up under a stormy sky.

Saint Sebastian

1598

Oil sketch of a seated nude woman and a bearded man in red drapery in a garden with vines, pumpkins and trees.

Vertumnus and Pomona

1636

Painting of a warrior in armor freeing a nude woman on a rocky shore beside a winged white horse and cherubs.

Perseus Freeing Andromeda

1620