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Peter Paul Rubens

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Crowded art cabinet with paintings, classical busts, a globe and scientific instruments, with a seated nude and cupid in fron

The Sense of Sight

1617

Painting of a flower and fruit garland with two cherubs, one climbing at upper left and one peeking at lower right.

Festoon of flowers and fruits and cherubs

1620

Brown-toned drawing of armored goddess Bellona among fallen warriors and nude figures, with an altar and ruined city.

Bellona

1592

Painting of a woman in white and gold led by an elderly man as a warrior gestures toward a tent, with horses and a ship nearb

Briseis returned to Achilles by Nestor

1630

Painting of mourners tending the body of the dead Christ on a cloth beside a rocky wood under a stormy sky.

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

1613

Nude woman balancing on a glass sphere above stormy waves, holding a billowing dark cloth overhead.

Fortune

1636

Painting of Icarus tumbling headfirst through the sky with bird-like wings while Daedalus flies above him over the sea.

The Fall of Icarus

1635

Painting of Orpheus leading nude Eurydice from a fiery underworld, with a torch-bearing figure and dogs in the foreground.

Orpheus and Eurydice

1636

Seated woman in black dress and lace ruff on a balcony, with a palace and countryside landscape behind her.

The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia

1615

Portrait of a seated woman in a black gown, white ruff collar and pearl necklace against a brown background.

Marie de Medici, Queen of France

1622

Painting of a goddess nursing an infant among peacocks, a golden chariot, and a starry night sky with an eagle nearby.

The Origin of the Milky Way

1636

Painting of a woman in white riding a white bull through the sea, with cupids flying overhead and a coastal landscape behind.

The Rape of Europa

1628

Painting of centaurs seizing a nude woman as men fight them off near a banquet table with fruit and a classical column.

Rape of Hippodamia

1636

Painting of a centaur carrying a boy in red past two stone herms, with a hunting dog, horn and garland.

The Education of Achilles

Portrait of a woman in black dress with white lace ruff, standing before a curtain and a painted landscape backdrop.

Eleanor de' Medici, Duchess of Mantua

1650

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, a woman in red holding the Christ Child.

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

c. 1615

Virgin and Child in an oval panel framed by a dense garland of flowers, fruit and vegetables, with animals below.

The Virgin and Child in a Painting surrounded by Fruit and Flowers

1617

Oil sketch of a bearded saint in red robes with a palm and book, gazing upward among clouds with two putti.

St. Albert of Louvain

1620

Portrait of a woman in a white satin gown with a large lace ruff, holding a fan beside a red curtain and stone column.

Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria

1606

Rubens painting of Christ in red robes handing keys to Saint Peter in yellow, with apostles watching behind them.

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter

1612

Painting of twin infants nursing a she-wolf under a fig tree, with a shepherd, woodpeckers, and a reclining river god.

Romulus and Remus milked by the she-wolf

1616

Portrait of a Man

1592-1640

Painting of Christ's body lowered onto a stone sarcophagus, surrounded by grieving figures under a stormy sky.

The Deposition

1602

Sleeping Venus with Cupid Watched by Satyrs

Sleeping Venus with Cupid Watched by Satyrs

1592-1640

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a red wide-brimmed hat and red robe against a dark background.

St. Jerome as a Cardinal

1625

Priest in gold vestment raises his hand in a church as crowds kneel, angels descend, and demons flee at left.

Miracle of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

1617

Jupiter and Juno on clouds with a peacock and eagle, above a chariot pulled by lions and winged cherubs with torches.

The Meeting of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV at Lyons

1621

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the Christ Child while kneeling kings offer gold vessels in a rocky sta

Adoration of the Magi

1620

Double portrait of a man and a seated woman in elaborate 17th-century dress before a honeysuckle bower.

Rubens and Isabella Brant in the honeysuckle bower

1609

Painting of nude figures falling from heavenly light into a fiery hell filled with demons and serpents.

The Fall of the Damned

1621

Painting of armored horsemen abducting nude women on rearing horses, with a cherub and rolling landscape behind.

The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus

1618

Rubens's The Great Last Judgement: Christ enthroned above saints and angels, with nude souls rising and demons below.

The Great Last Judgement

1617

Rubens painting of a mythological wedding feast with a nude woman, a helmeted warrior, cherubs and a fruit-laden table.

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

1636

Rubens painting of a crowned king on a throne ordering a soldier to divide a baby as two women plead.

The Judgement of Solomon

1615-1618

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

1650

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

Winged figure crowns a seated armored hero in red cloak, surrounded by drum, shield, pikes and armor.

The Apotheosis of the Hero

c. 1635

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

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