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
Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder
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
Head of Medusa
c.1617–1618
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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
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 Arts, 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
c.1639
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Aeneas in the underworld
s.d.
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Aeolus
early 17th century
Museo del Prado, Madrid
| 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 |