Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with a Rainbow (mk01) Painting ID:: 20287 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-377248.jpg
Landscape with a Rainbow (mk01) c.1635-8
Oil on panel;
135.5x233.5cm
53 3/8x92in
Wallace Collection,
London
Peter Paul Rubens Sunset Landscape with a Sbepberd and his Flock (mk01) Painting ID:: 20289 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-634656.jpg
Sunset Landscape with a Sbepberd and his Flock (mk01) c.1638
Oil on panel;
49.4x83.5cm
19 3/8 32 7/8in
National Gallery,
London
Peter Paul Rubens Flemisb Kermis or Kermesse Flamande (mk01) Painting ID:: 20290 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-378972.jpg
Flemisb Kermis or Kermesse Flamande (mk01) C.1630
Oil on panel;
149x261cm
58 5/8x102 3/4in
Musee du Louvre,
Paris
Peter Paul Rubens A Peasant Kermis (mk01) Painting ID:: 20292 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-885684.jpg
A Peasant Kermis (mk01) C.1567-8
Oil on panel;
114x164cm
44 7/8x64 1/2in
Kunst-historisches Museum,
Vienna
Peter Paul Rubens Rubes'funerary chapel in St Jacob's Church Antwerp,with the artist's (mk01) Painting ID:: 20293 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-927279.jpg
Rubes'funerary chapel in St Jacob's Church Antwerp,with the artist's (mk01) Madonna and Child with Sanint and a statue of the a Virgin by Lucas Fayd'herbe
Peter Paul Rubens Persimmon (mk01) Painting ID:: 20294 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-662783.jpg
Persimmon (mk01) Oil on canvas with silkscreen;
167.6x127cm
66x50in
Private collection
Peter Paul Rubens The Destiny of Marie de'Medici (mk05) Painting ID:: 20397 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-244844.jpg
The Destiny of Marie de'Medici (mk05) TThe Three Fates spin the thread of fate for the unborn child,and are watched by Jupiter and Juno
Canvas,155 x 61''(394 x 155 cm)
Peter Paul Rubens The Marriage (mk05) Painting ID:: 20402 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-832824.jpg
The Marriage (mk05) canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)Inv.1775
Peter Paul Rubens The Landing at Marseilles (mk05) Painting ID:: 20404 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-526229.jpg
The Landing at Marseilles (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)
Peter Paul Rubens Coronation of Marie de'Medici (mk05) Painting ID:: 20406 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-638592.jpg
Coronation of Marie de'Medici (mk05) Canvas,155 x 286 1/4''(394 727 cm)INV 1778
Peter Paul Rubens Apotheosis of Henry IV (mk05) Painting ID:: 20408 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-628697.jpg
Apotheosis of Henry IV (mk05) Canvas,155 x 286 1/4''(394 x 727 cm) INV 1779
Peter Paul Rubens The Council of the Gods (mk05) Painting ID:: 20410 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-375858.jpg
The Council of the Gods (mk05) Canvas,155 x 276 1/2''(394 x 702 cm).INV.1780
Peter Paul Rubens The Capture of Juliers (mk05) Painting ID:: 20411 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-932994.jpg
The Capture of Juliers (mk05) canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV 1781
Peter Paul Rubens The Happiness of the Regency (mk05) Painting ID:: 20413 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-946468.jpg
The Happiness of the Regency (mk05) canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV 1783
Peter Paul Rubens The Exchange of Princesses (mk05) Painting ID:: 20415 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-468395.jpg
The Exchange of Princesses (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV 1782
Peter Paul Rubens The Majority of Louis XIII (mk05) Painting ID:: 20416 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-794545.jpg
The Majority of Louis XIII (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV 1784
Peter Paul Rubens The Flight from Blois (mk05) Painting ID:: 20418 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-545845.jpg
The Flight from Blois (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV.1785
Peter Paul Rubens The Treaty of Angouleme (mk05) Painting ID:: 20420 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-365882.jpg
The Treaty of Angouleme (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV.1786
Peter Paul Rubens The Peace of Angers (mk05) Painting ID:: 20422 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-384848.jpg
The Peace of Angers (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)
Peter Paul Rubens The Queen's Reconciliation with Her Son (mk05) Painting ID:: 20424 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-297658.jpg
The Queen's Reconciliation with Her Son (mk05) Canvas,155 x 116 1/4''(394 x 295 cm)INV 1788
Peter Paul Rubens The Triumph of Truth (mk05) Painting ID:: 20425 new5/Peter Paul Rubens-529955.jpg
The Triumph of Truth (mk05) Time raises Truth to take her place at the meeting between mother and son
Canvas,155 x 63''(394 x 160 cm)INV .1789
Peter Paul Rubens The Raising of the Cross (mk05) Painting ID:: 20485 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-326395.jpg
The Raising of the Cross (mk05) Wood,12 1/2 x 14 1/2''(32 x 37 cm)Sketch for part of the ceiling of the Jesuit church in Antwerp;painted in 1620 -1621 and burned down in 1718;bequeathed in 1869
Peter Paul Rubens The Village Wedding (mk05) Painting ID:: 20486 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-447843.jpg
The Village Wedding (mk05) Wood,581/2 x 103''(149 x 261 cm).Collection of Louis XIV;acquired in 1685 INV
Peter Paul Rubens Tournament Near the Moat of the Chateau du Steen (mk05) Painting ID:: 20487 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-842222.jpg
Tournament Near the Moat of the Chateau du Steen (mk05) Wood,28 1/4 x 41 1/2''(72 x 106 cm)Collection of Louis XV;acquired in 1742
Peter Paul Rubens Helene Fourment and Her Children,Claire-Jeanne and Francois (mk05 ) Painting ID:: 20488 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-349242.jpg
Helene Fourment and Her Children,Claire-Jeanne and Francois (mk05 ) ca.1636-1637
Wood,45 1/4 x 33 1/2''(115 x 85 cm).Collection of Louis XIV;acquired in 1784
Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with a Watering Place (mk05) Painting ID:: 20489 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-282755.jpg
Landscape with a Watering Place (mk05) Wood,11 1/2 x 17''(29 x 43 cm)Early Collection INV
Peter Paul Rubens Landscape with a Bird-Catcher (mk05) Painting ID:: 20490 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-937636.jpg
Landscape with a Bird-Catcher (mk05) Wood,18 x 33 1/2''(46 x 85 cm).Obtained from the collection of the Stadhouder at The Hague in 1795
Peter Paul Rubens Philopeoemen General of the Achaeans Is Recognized by His Hosts at Megara (mk05) Painting ID:: 20491 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-623592.jpg
Philopeoemen General of the Achaeans Is Recognized by His Hosts at Megara (mk05) Wood 19 1/2 x 26''(50 x 66 cm)From Plutarch Sketch for a large picture painted by Snyders with aid from Rubens;received in 1869
Peter Paul Rubens Selbstbildnis mit Isabella Brant in der Geibblattlaube (mk05) Painting ID:: 20861 new6/Peter Paul Rubens-325656.jpg
Selbstbildnis mit Isabella Brant in der Geibblattlaube (mk05) 1609
179x136cm
Munchen,Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlung
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.