Peter Paul Rubens (1577—1640) was the greatest painter of the Flemish Baroque.
Peter Paul Rubens Summary
- Born in Siegen, in western Germany, to a family of Calvinist refugees from Antwerp
- Much influenced by the Venetians and Italian Renaissance masters, he resided in Italy
- Centered his work on idealized mythological and biblical nudes
- Deployed as a diplomat to Spain and France, representing the Medici and the Habsburgs
- Ran a profitable workshop in Antwerp and taught many pupils, such as Anthony van Dyck
- Made a noble by Philip IV of Spain and a knight by Charles I of England
Peter Paul Rubens’ Famous Paintings
- Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria (1606)
- Venus at the Mirror (c. 1614)
- Diana Returning from Hunt (1615)
- The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (c. 1617)
- Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (c. 1618)
- Descent from the Cross (1618)
- The Fall of Man (1629)
- The Feast of Venus (c. 1636)
- The Château Het Steen with Hunter (c. 1638)
- Venus and Adonis (c. 1638)