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Peter Paul Rubens

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Painting of a young woman nursing a bearded old man chained in a prison, with a barred window behind them.

Roman Charity

1612

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

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

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

Smell

1617

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

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

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

Landscape with Philemon and Baucis

1620

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

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

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

Neptune and Amphitrite

1614

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

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

Diana and her Nymphs, Hunting

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

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

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

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 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

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

Venus Frigida

1614

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

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