Peter Paul Rubens The Road to Calvary Painting ID:: 83528 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-599464.jpg
The Road to Calvary Date between 1634(1634) and 1637(1637)
Medium Oil on canvas, rounded at the top
Dimensions Height: 569 cm (224 in). Width: 355 cm (139.8 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Virgin and Child with the Infant St John Painting ID:: 83640 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-877934.jpg
Virgin and Child with the Infant St John Date first half of 17th century
Medium Oil on paper fixed onto canvas
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Peter Paul Rubens Albert and Nicolaas Rubens Painting ID:: 84031 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-674498.jpg
Albert and Nicolaas Rubens Date between 1626(1626) and 1627(1627)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 157 cm (61.8 in). Width: 93 cm (36.6 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Tournament in front of Castle Steen Painting ID:: 84032 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-574559.jpg
Tournament in front of Castle Steen Date between 1635(1635) and 1637(1637)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 72 cm (28.3 in). Width: 106 cm (41.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Straw Hat Painting ID:: 84033 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-745774.jpg
The Straw Hat Date ca. 1625(1625)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 79 cm (31.1 in). Width: 55 cm (21.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their son Peter Paul Painting ID:: 84036 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-464385.jpg
Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their son Peter Paul Date ca. 1639(1639)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 203.8 cm (80.2 in). Width: 158.1 cm (62.2 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Return from the Fields Painting ID:: 84057 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-863848.jpg
Return from the Fields Date ca. 1640(1640)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 121 cm (47.6 in). Width: 194 cm (76.4 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek Painting ID:: 84066 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-938554.jpg
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek Date between 1620(1620) and 1621(1621)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 49 cm (19.3 in). Width: 65 cm (25.6 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Rape of the Sabine Women Painting ID:: 84067 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-764755.jpg
The Rape of the Sabine Women Date between 1635(1635) and 1637(1637)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 170 cm (66.9 in). Width: 236 cm (92.9 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Village Fete Painting ID:: 84071 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-747739.jpg
The Village Fete Date between 1635(1635) and 1638(1638)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 149 cm (58.7 in). Width: 261 cm (102.8 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Ulysses and Nausicaa on the Island of the Phaeacians Painting ID:: 84072 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-397496.jpg
Ulysses and Nausicaa on the Island of the Phaeacians Date ca. 1627(1627)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 128 cm (50.4 in). Width: 207 cm (81.5 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Small Last Judgement Painting ID:: 84077 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-559939.jpg
Small Last Judgement Date first half of 17th century
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 183.3 cm (72.2 in). Width: 119 cm (46.9 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Isabella Brandt Painting ID:: 84112 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-744658.jpg
Isabella Brandt Date ca. 1626(1626)
Medium Oil on oak
Dimensions Height: 98 cm (38.6 in). Width: 72 cm (28.3 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Dance of Italian Villagers Painting ID:: 84114 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-947756.jpg
Dance of Italian Villagers Date ca. 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 73 cm (28.7 in). Width: 106 cm (41.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Prince Wladyslaw Vasa Painting ID:: 84115 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-594347.jpg
Portrait of Prince Wladyslaw Vasa before 1626(1626)
Medium Oil on wood
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Peter Paul Rubens Music Making Angels Painting ID:: 84116 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-338469.jpg
Music Making Angels Date ca. 1628(1628)
Medium Oil on oak
Dimensions Height: 65 cm (25.6 in). Width: 83 cm (32.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Samson and Delilah Painting ID:: 84117 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-493897.jpg
Samson and Delilah Date ca. 1609(1609)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 185 cm (72.8 in). Width: 205 cm (80.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Madonna Adored by Angels Painting ID:: 84118 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-733346.jpg
Madonna Adored by Angels Date 1608(1608)
Medium Oil on slate
Dimensions Height: 425 cm (167.3 in). Width: 250 cm (98.4 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Drunken Silenus Painting ID:: 84121 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-476376.jpg
The Drunken Silenus Date between 1616(1616) and 1617(1617)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 212 cm (83.5 in). Width: 214.5 cm (84.4 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Lamentation Painting ID:: 84123 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-873866.jpg
The Lamentation Date 1614(1614)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 41 cm (16.1 in). Width: 53 cm (20.9 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Two Satyrs Painting ID:: 84125 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-677676.jpg
Two Satyrs Date between 1618(1618) and 1619(1619)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 76 cm (29.9 in). Width: 66 cm (26 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Head of Medusa Painting ID:: 84127 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-349763.jpg
The Head of Medusa Date ca. 1617(1617)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 69 cm (27.2 in). Width: 118 cm (46.5 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens The Fur Painting ID:: 84128 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-667333.jpg
The Fur Date 1630s
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 176 cm (69.3 in). Width: 83 cm (32.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Andromeda Painting ID:: 84129 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-393537.jpg
Andromeda Date ca. 1638(1638)
Medium Oil on oak
Dimensions Height: 189 cm (74.4 in). Width: 94 cm (37 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Cupid Riding a Dolphin Painting ID:: 84130 new24/Peter Paul Rubens-549635.jpg
Cupid Riding a Dolphin Date 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 14.5 cm (5.7 in). Width: 13.5 cm (5.3 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Perseus Freeing Andromeda Painting ID:: 84281 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-343863.jpg
Perseus Freeing Andromeda Date ca. 1622(1622)
Medium Oil on oak panel
Dimensions Height: 100 cm (39.4 in). Width: 139 cm (54.7 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Samson and Delilah Painting ID:: 84358 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-355736.jpg
Samson and Delilah 1609-1610
Medium English: Oil on wood
Dimensions 185 x 205 cm
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Peter Paul Rubens Psyche et l Amour endormi Painting ID:: 84381 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-648469.jpg
Psyche et l Amour endormi Date ca. 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 26 x 25 cm (10.2 x 9.8 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Venus, Mars and Cupid Painting ID:: 84382 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-495694.jpg
Venus, Mars and Cupid Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 195.2 x 133 cm (76.9 x 52.4 in)
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Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640
Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ?C May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.
In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp which produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England.
Rubens was a prolific artist. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, "history" paintings, which included mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the Joyous Entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635.
His drawings are mostly extremely forceful but not detailed; he also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems.
His fondness of painting full-figured women gave rise to the terms 'Rubensian' or 'Rubenesque' for plus-sized women. The term 'Rubensiaans' is also commonly used in Dutch to denote such women.