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Peter Paul Rubens

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Painting of a kneeling woman greeting a red-cloaked soldier while armored men, horses, and servants with bread gather outdoor

The Meeting of David and Abigail

c. 1630

Rubens-style oil sketch of a chariot abduction scene with horses, a helmeted warrior, nude figures and a winged putto.

L'Enlèvement de Proserpine

1615

Oil painting of a kneeling woman meeting an armored warrior, with soldiers, horses, servants carrying bread, and trees.

David Meeting Abigail

1620

Triptych of Christ being raised on the cross with grieving women at left and mounted soldiers under a stormy sky at right.

The Elevation of the Cross

1610

Painting of a rural landscape under a double rainbow, with cattle drinking at a pool, a horse cart, peasants and haystacks.

Landscape with a Rainbow

1636

Painting of a Calydonian boar hunt: a wild boar attacked by dogs while a red-cloaked hunter thrusts a spear in a dusky wood.

The Calydonian boar hunt

1618

Rubens painting of Abraham receiving bread from Melchizedek, with soldiers, a horse, cherubs and gold vessels.

The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek

1625

Painting of Samson being blinded by soldiers, with a nude captive held down amid dark, sketchy brushwork and a torch.

Samson’s is blinded (Judges 16:21)

1609

Painting of a forest road with a horse and cart, two workers, rocky cliffs and a full moon over distant hills.

Landscape with Stone Carriers

1615

Rubens painting of reclining nude women in a forest while a male figure with a staff watches, with a stormy landscape beyond.

Landscape with Cymon and Iphigenia

1630

Painting of a haloed figure in red robes gesturing as bearded men in turbans and caps reach toward a coin.

The Tribute Money

1612

Painting of a sacrifice at a columned temple with a priest at an altar, a golden ark, cherubs, and a crowd of figures.

Sacrifice of the Old Covenant (modello)

Painting of a queen in a silver gown watching a kneeling man lift a severed head over a basin, with soldiers and attendants n

Legend of Tomyris (the head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris)

1622

Soldiers raise standards toward a glowing emblem in the sky while a laurel-crowned emperor in armor gestures from a pedestal.

The Emblem of Christ Appearing to Constantine

1622

Rubens painting of a hunting party with hounds and spears attacking a wild boar in a forest clearing.

The hunt of Meleagros and Atalante

1616

Painting of nude and clothed women escaping on horseback and on foot through woods, with soldiers fighting on a hill above.

Cloelia Passing the Tiber

1625

Reclining nude woman asleep on red drapery as a bearded hermit watches and a horned devil lurks in the shadows.

Angelica and the Hermit

1626

Painting of villagers dancing in a chain across a wooded landscape, with a piper in a tree and a villa on the hill.

The Dance of the Villagers

1635

Rubens painting of gods lifting a figure to heaven above a crowd of courtiers, with a helmeted woman offering a globe.

The Apotheosis of Henri IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Médicis

1622

Armored knights jousting on horseback before a moated castle tower and brick manor under a cloudy sky.

Tournament near the Moats of the Château de Steen

1638

Painting of a reclining man in red drapery gesturing to a veiled seated woman beside a tree in a forest.

Cephalus and Procris

1635

Painting of Hippomenes and Atalanta: two nude runners on a terrace, a golden apple on the ground, spectators behind a balustr

Hippomenes and Atalanta

1635

Banquet scene with a woman in red carrying a severed head on a platter past richly dressed guests at a table.

The Feast of Herod

1600

Sketch of armored soldiers and kneeling townspeople before a stone bridge, with a burning city in the background.

The Entry in Paris by Henry IV

1628

Painting of a warrior in red and women gathered around a jewelry basket on a classical terrace, with cherubs above.

Achilles discovered Among the Daughters of Lycomedes

1630

Loose painted battle scene with armored cavalry, rearing horses, fallen soldiers and a fortified city under smoky skies.

The Conquest of Tunis by Charles V (1535)

1638

Nude bearded man kneels by a bloodied dog on a shore with scattered shells, harbor ships and a city behind him.

The Discovery of Purple

1636

Painting of a forest landscape with cows, milkmaids, a stream, hunters with a dog, and a thatched hut under stormy skies.

Landscape with Cows and Wildfowlers

1635

Painting of a stone tower beside trees and an arched bridge, under a dramatic golden sky over a flat landscape.

Landscape with Tower

1636

Painting of an angel leading an elderly man in red with two daughters and a weeping woman away past a stone column.

Flight of Lot and his Daughters

1615

Painting of nude infant putti with a lamb, grapes and fruit beside a vine-covered tree under a cloudy sky.

Christ with Young St. John and Angels

1620

Painting of a bearded philosopher among listeners beside a heap of fruit and vegetables, with nude figures and satyrs reachin

Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism

1618

Rubens family group painting: a seated mother nursing an infant, a standing man, several children, columns, and a garden with

The Family of Sir Balthasar Gerbier

1629

Painting of horsemen and dogs fighting a hippopotamus and crocodile beside reeds, with nude men on the ground.

A Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt

1615

Four nude putti, two winged, with a lamb, grapes and a fruit basket in a dark vine-covered setting.

Christ and John the Baptist as children and two angels

1615

Rubens painting of gods gathered on Olympus with a bearded enthroned king above, chasing fleeing nude figures below.

The gathering of the gods on Olympus chasing the Vices, 1622-1625

1622

Painting of Christ at a banquet table as a kneeling woman tends his feet while guests and servants look on.

Christ in the House of Simon

1640

Painting of sleeping nymphs beside a tree, watched by satyrs, with hunting dogs, arrows and dead game in the foreground.

Diana and her Nymphs Spied upon by Satyrs

1616

Two mounted commanders in armour watch soldiers with red banners and pikes advance through smoke toward a battlefield.

The Battle of Nördlingen, 1634

1634

Painting of St George and a woman in red beside a dragon, with a river landscape, mounted knights and cherubs above.

Landscape with St George and the Dragon

1630

Painting of Moses raising a brazen serpent while bitten, writhing people surround him under a stormy sky.

The Brazen Serpent

1635

Painting of Samson asleep with Delilah as a barber cuts his hair, an old woman holds a candle, and soldiers wait at the door.

Samson and Delilah

1609

Rubens landscape: a horse cart, a hunter with a gun, a turreted castle, and cattle in wide fields under clouds.

A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning

1636

Engraving of the Good Samaritan: a man leads a horse carrying an injured traveller past a bridge under a moonlit landscape.

The good Samaritan. Engraving after S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens, 16--

Engraving of a cart of stone being guided down a wooded rocky path past large twisted trees, with a moon in the sky.

A cart loaded with stone is being driven downhill with a man helping to steer it from the side. Engraving by S. à Bol…

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

Etching of a muscular figure wrestling a bear beside a lion and a flock of sheep, after a design by Rubens.

David suffocating a bear after Rubens (Dutuit 21, p. 32)

Etching of David raising a sword over the fallen Goliath, with battling soldiers and spears in the background.

David cutting off the head of Goliath after Rubens (Dutuit 22)

1630

Engraving of the Judgment of Solomon: a ruler on a throne, a sword raised over an infant, and women reacting in a columned ha

The Judgment of Solomon after Rubens (Dutuit 24)

Engraving of a turbaned rider on a rearing horse amid panicked riders, with an angel and fleeing soldiers in the background.

Sennacherib terrified after Rubens (Dutuit 25, p. 33)

Engraved Nativity scene with the Virgin and infant Christ in a stable, an ox and donkey, and approaching figures with a baske

The Nativity after Rubens (Dutuit 11)

Engraving of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt at night, with Mary on a donkey, angels above, and a crescent moon.

Flight into Egypt after Rubens (Dutuit 26)

Engraving of soldiers slaying infants and mothers before a colonnade, with angels floating in clouds above a ruined landscape

The Massacre of the Innocents after Rubens (Dutuit 32)

1642

Engraving of soldiers slaying infants and mothers before classical architecture, with angels in clouds above and ruins on the

The Massacre of the Innocents after Rubens (Dutuit 32)

1638

Engraving of fishermen struggling to haul a net of fish and sea creatures from a boat onto a stormy shore.

The Miraculous Catch of Fish after Rubens (Dutuit 47)

1642

Engraving of Jesus seated in a rocky desert with a halo, while a kneeling figure offers him stones in cupped hands beneath tr

Temptation of Jesus Christ in the desert after Rubens (Dutuit 37)

Engraving of the Conversion of Saint Paul: a fallen rider, startled horses, soldiers, and a figure of Christ in light above.

The Conversion of Saint Paul after Rubens (Dutuit 129)

Engraving of a woman and child resting in a forest with playing cherubs and a dog beside a path.

The Rest in Egypt after Rubens (Dutuit 18)

Engraving of the Virgin and sleeping infant Christ in a forest, with playing putti leading a lamb and a deer nearby.

The Rest in Egypt after Rubens (Dutuit 24)

Black and white etching of a pastoral woodland scene with draped figures under trees and French text below.

Pastoral after Rubens (Dutuit 61)

Etching of peasants dancing in a circle under a large tree, with a house and a dog in a rural landscape.

A Dance after Rubens (Dutuit 41 p. 165)

Engraved print of horsemen hunting lions, a tiger and a leopard, with rearing horses and a Latin inscription below.

Hunt for lions and tigers after Rubens (Dutuit 2 p. 244)

Engraving of a wolf hunt with mounted riders, a pack of wolves and hunting dogs, and a spear-armed huntsman under a cloudy sk

Wolf Hunt after Rubens (Dutuit 5 p. 245)

Engraved boar hunt with a wild boar surrounded by dogs, mounted horsemen charging, and spearmen among trees.

The boar hunt after Rubens (Dutuit 7 p. 246)

Engraved rural landscape with harvest workers, a horse cart, grazing animals, a distant town and dramatic clouds.

View of Malines after Rubens (Dutuit 26(4) p. 249)

Engraved barn scene in winter with horses, a farmer, a seated family by a fire, a dog, and snowy farmhouses beyond.

Winter view after Rubens (Dutuit 26(6)p. 249)

Engraved rocky landscape with twisted trees, a cave opening, a horse-drawn cart on a path, and a full moon at right.

Rocky landscape after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (5) p. 251)

Engraved landscape with a pond, two women carrying a jug and basket, cattle, tall trees and reeds under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a pond after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (8) p. 252)

Engraved night landscape with a full moon over a river, a grazing horse, tall trees, and a distant cottage under a starry sky

Landscape, night effects after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (14) p. 253)

Engraved forest landscape with gnarled trees, dense undergrowth, running animals in the foreground, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with undergrowth after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (17) p. 254)

Engraving of villagers dancing in a circle under large trees, with a country house and a dog in the landscape.

Village round after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (20) p. 254)

Etching of dragons, serpents and monstrous creatures fighting in a dense, dark composition.

Combat of dragons, serpents and other singular animals after Rubens (Dutuit 36 p. 258)

Engraving of a forest landscape with cattle, a milkmaid, a hunter with a dog, and a thatched cottage under clouds.

Landscape with hunters after Rubens (Dutuit 27 (19))

Engraved landscape with Cain striking Abel beside sheep, a river, trees, a village and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cain killing Abel after Rubens

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

Engraving of a drunken Silenus supported by a satyr and a man, with a leopard and a maenad holding a thyrsus.

Drunkeness of Bacchus

1630-57

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