Peter Paul Rubens

(15771640)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

The artist’s works:

Portrait of a Man
1597
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

Lamentation over the Dead Christ
16011602
Galleria BorgheseRoma

Venus and Cupid
c.16061611
Museo Thyssen-BornemiszaMadrid

Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary
c.16091610
Museo Thyssen-BornemiszaMadrid

Samson and Delilah
c.16091610
National GalleryLondon

The Honeysuckle Bower
c.16091610
Alte PinakothekMunich

Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder
16131615
Courtauld Institute of ArtLondon

Venus at the Mirror
16131614
Liechtenstein MuseumVienna

Daniel in the Lions’ Den
c.16141616
National Gallery of ArtWashington

The Abduction of Proserpina
c.16141615
Petit PalaisParis

Venus Frigida
1614
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone KunstenAntwerp

Saint Francis
c.1615
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

The Four Rivers of Paradise
c.1615
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

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

Diana Returning from Hunt
c.1616
Gemäldegalerie Alte MeisterDresden

Old Woman and Boy with Candles
c.16161617
MauritshuisThe Hague

Study of a Man’s Head
c.16161619
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapest

Head of Medusa
c.16171618
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna
c.16181620
Museum of Fine ArtsBudapest

The Prodigal Son
1618
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone KunstenAntwerp

Portrait of Isabella Brant
c.16201625
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

Self-Portrait
1623
Buckingham PalaceLondon

King David Playing the Harp
c.16271628
Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia

The Apotheosis of James I
c.16281630
Tate BritainLondon

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
c.1630
Wadsworth AtheneumHartford

Venus and Adonis
probably mid-1630s
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

The Crowning of Saint Catherine
1631 or 1633
Toledo Museum of ArtToledo

Hélène Fourment putting on a glove
c.1632
Alte PinakothekMunich

The Union of England and Scotland
16331634
Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis

Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”)
c.16361638
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Hélène Fourment with two of her children
c.1636
Musée du LouvreParis

The Abduction of Ganymede
c.1636
Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton

The Rainbow Landscape
c.1636
Wallace CollectionLondon

Bacchus
16381640
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

Self-portrait
c.1638
Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna

Death of Adonis
1639
Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton

Aeneas in the underworld
s.d.
National Museum WalesCardiff

Aeolus
early 17th century
Museo del PradoMadrid

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