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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, color, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically educated humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. Rubens was a prolific artist. The catalogue of his works by Michael Jaffé lists 1,403 pieces, excluding numerous copies made in his workshop. His commissioned works were mostly "history paintings", which included religious and 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 royal entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria in 1635. His drawings are predominantly very forceful and without great detail. 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.

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Artworks on platform: 60
Works collected: 18,077
Comments: 131

Featured on boards

10

Individual collectors

7,496

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St George Battles the Dragon by Peter Paul Rubens

St George Battles the Dragon

Peter Paul Rubens

Diana Cazadora by Peter Paul Rubens

Diana Cazadora

Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Acheloüs by Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Acheloüs

Peter Paul Rubens

Pythagoras advocating vegetarianism by Peter Paul Rubens

Pythagoras advocating vegetarianism

Peter Paul Rubens

Atalanta and Meleager by Peter Paul Rubens

Atalanta and Meleager

Peter Paul Rubens

Wolf and Fox Hunt by Peter Paul Rubens

Wolf and Fox Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens

The Triumph of Henry IV by Peter Paul Rubens

The Triumph of Henry IV

Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) by Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678)

Peter Paul Rubens

Diana and her Nymphs surprised by Satyrs by Peter Paul Rubens

Diana and her Nymphs surprised by Satyrs

Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Venus by Peter Paul Rubens

The Feast of Venus

Peter Paul Rubens

The Four Rivers of Paradise by Peter Paul Rubens

The Four Rivers of Paradise

Peter Paul Rubens

Descent from the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens

Descent from the Cross

Peter Paul Rubens

The Disembarkation at Marseilles by Peter Paul Rubens

The Disembarkation at Marseilles

Peter Paul Rubens

King James I Uniting England and Scotland by Peter Paul Rubens

King James I Uniting England and Scotland

Peter Paul Rubens

Three Female Witnesses by Peter Paul Rubens

Three Female Witnesses

Peter Paul Rubens

Peasants with Cattle by a Stream in a Woody Landscape ('The Watering Place') by Peter Paul Rubens

Peasants with Cattle by a Stream in a Woody Landscape ('The Watering Place')

Peter Paul Rubens

The Rape of the Sabine Women by Peter Paul Rubens

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Peter Paul Rubens

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes by Peter Paul Rubens

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Paris

Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgement of Paris

Peter Paul Rubens

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Artworks on platform: 60
Works collected: 18,077
Comments: 131
Featured on boards: 10
Individual collectors: 7,496

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