Peter Paul Rubens

(1577–1640)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

The artist’s works:

Portrait of a Man
1597
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lamentation over the Dead Christ
1601–1602
Galleria Borghese, Roma

Venus and Cupid
c.1606–1611
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary
c.1609–1610
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Samson and Delilah
c.1609–1610
National Gallery, London

The Honeysuckle Bower
c.1609–1610
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Head of Medusa
c.1613
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder
c.1613–1615
Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Venus at the Mirror
1613–1614
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Daniel in the Lions’ Den
c.1614–1616
National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Abduction of Proserpina
c.1614–1615
Petit Palais, Paris

Venus Frigida
1614
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Saint Francis
c.1615
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

The Four Rivers of Paradise
c.1615
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
c.1615
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Diana Returning from Hunt
c.1616
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Old Woman and Boy with Candles
c.1616–1617
Mauritshuis, The Hague

Study of a Man’s Head
c.1616–1619
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna
c.1618–1620
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Prodigal Son
1618
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Portrait of Isabella Brant
c.1620–1625
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Self-Portrait
1623
Buckingham Palace, London

King David Playing the Harp
c.1627–1628
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

The Apotheosis of James I
c.1628–1630
Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
1630
Courtauld Institute of Art, London

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel
c.1630s
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
c.1630
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

Venus and Adonis
probably mid-1630s
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Crowning of Saint Catherine
1631 or 1633
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo

Hélène Fourment putting on a glove
c.1632
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The Union of England and Scotland
1633–1634
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”)
c.1636–1638
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Hélène Fourment with two of her children
c.1636
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Abduction of Ganymede
c.1636
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

The Rainbow Landscape
c.1636
Wallace Collection, London

Bacchus
1638–1640
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Self-portrait
c.1638
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Death of Adonis
1639
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Aeneas in the underworld
s.d.
National Museum Wales, Cardiff

Aeolus
early 17th century
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Works in his collection:

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)
Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
1563
Courtauld Institute of Art, London

 

 

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569)
The Dormition of the Virgin
c.1564
Upton House and Gardens, England

 

Born June 28 1577 Siegen (Germany)
Died May 30 1640 Antwerp (Belgium)
Wife (1609-1626) Isabella Brant (1591-1626)
Wife (1630-1640) Hélène Fourment (1614-1673)
Friend Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)
Pupil Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Occupation Art Collector Art Dealer
Occupation Diplomat Painter