Peter Paul Rubens Scylla et Glaucus Painting ID:: 84383 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-467963.jpg
Scylla et Glaucus Date ca. 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 26.5 x 32.7 cm (10.4 x 12.9 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Der heilige Sebastian Painting ID:: 84855 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-483945.jpg
Der heilige Sebastian Date ca. 1618(1618)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 200 cm (78.7 in). Width: 128 cm (50.4 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with Rainbow Painting ID:: 84998 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-659337.jpg
Landscape with Rainbow Oil on canvas, 86x129 cm
Date 1632-1635
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Peter Paul Rubens The Rape of Ganymede Painting ID:: 85255 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-663749.jpg
The Rape of Ganymede Date 1611(1611)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Peter Paul Rubens Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itylus Painting ID:: 85296 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-934363.jpg
Tereus Confronted with the Head of his Son Itylus Date 1636-38
Medium : Oil on panel
Dimensions 195 x 267 cm (76.8 x 105.1 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens L enlevement de Proserpine Painting ID:: 85365 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-569543.jpg
L enlevement de Proserpine 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 26 x 37 cm (10.2 x 14.6 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens The Prodigal Son Painting ID:: 85366 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-887896.jpg
The Prodigal Son . 1618(1618)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 107 x 155 cm (42.1 x 61 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens La Chasse au tigre Painting ID:: 85396 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-377573.jpg
La Chasse au tigre Oil on canvas
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Peter Paul Rubens Apollo and Daphne Painting ID:: 85709 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-495786.jpg
Apollo and Daphne 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 28.5 x 27.5 cm (11.2 x 10.8 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens David Slaying Goliath Painting ID:: 85753 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-375334.jpg
David Slaying Goliath 1616(1616)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 122.9 x 99.1 cm (48.4 x 39 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens St Augustine Painting ID:: 85801 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-757677.jpg
St Augustine Date between 1636(1636) and 1638(1638)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 263 x 175 cm (103.5 x 68.9 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Marte e Rea Silvia Painting ID:: 85823 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-785733.jpg
Marte e Rea Silvia Oil on canvas
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Peter Paul Rubens Pan et Syrinx Painting ID:: 85929 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-938669.jpg
Pan et Syrinx 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 27.8 x 27.8 cm (10.9 x 10.9 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens The Drunken Hercules Painting ID:: 86096 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-978765.jpg
The Drunken Hercules 1611(1611)
Medium Oil on oak panel
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Peter Paul Rubens Elijah and the Angel Painting ID:: 86151 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-488663.jpg
Elijah and the Angel Date between 1626(1626) and 1628(1628)
Medium Oil on wood
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Peter Paul Rubens The Israelites Gathering Manna Painting ID:: 86152 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-377964.jpg
The Israelites Gathering Manna Date between 1626(1626) and 1628(1628)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 14.5 x 12.5 cm (5.7 x 4.9 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens The Flagellation of Christ Painting ID:: 86210 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-478559.jpg
The Flagellation of Christ 1617(1617)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 37.4 x 35.1 cm (14.7 x 13.8 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens The Prophet Elijah Receives Bread and Water from an Angel Painting ID:: 86266 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-483744.jpg
The Prophet Elijah Receives Bread and Water from an Angel Date between 1626(1626) and 1628(1628)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 72 x 61.7 cm (28.3 x 24.3 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of the Marchese Ambrogio Spinola Painting ID:: 86302 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-668635.jpg
Portrait of the Marchese Ambrogio Spinola Date c. 1627(1627)
Medium Oil on oak
Dimensions 117 x 85 cm (46.1 x 33.5 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1628 Jan Bruegel the Younger and Peter Paul Rubens Painting ID:: 86304 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-659375.jpg
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1628 Jan Bruegel the Younger and Peter Paul Rubens oil on canvas, 1628
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Peter Paul Rubens Drunken Silenus Painting ID:: 86314 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-568394.jpg
Drunken Silenus Date 1618(1618)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Peter Paul Rubens Christ on the Cross Painting ID:: 86458 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-653987.jpg
Christ on the Cross 17th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 221 x 121 cm (87 x 47.6 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Pegasus and Chimera Painting ID:: 86779 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-555535.jpg
Pegasus and Chimera 1635(1635)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 34 x 27.5 cm (13.4 x 10.8 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Wild Boar Hunt Painting ID:: 86799 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-567847.jpg
Wild Boar Hunt 1618-1620
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 137 x 168 cm (53.9 x 66.1 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Painting ID:: 86823 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-639463.jpg
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints 1628(1628)
Medium Oil on wood
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Peter Paul Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma Painting ID:: 86897 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-876949.jpg
Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma Date 1603.(1603.)
English: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions 290,5 cm x 207,5 cm.
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Peter Paul Rubens The Entombment Painting ID:: 86948 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-533735.jpg
The Entombment Date between 1611(1611) and 1612(1612)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 88 cm (34.6 in). Width: 66 cm (26 in).
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Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Endymion Painting ID:: 87107 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-956495.jpg
Diana and Endymion 1636(1636)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 28.6 x 26.6 cm (11.3 x 10.5 in)
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Peter Paul Rubens The Education of Mary Painting ID:: 87110 new25/Peter Paul Rubens-663954.jpg
The Education of Mary Oil on canvas
Dimensions 194 x 140 cm (76.4 x 55.1 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.