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Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter (1577–1640)

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Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish painter who lived from 1577 to 1640 and became one of the most influential artists of his time. He is remembered as a master of the Baroque style whose works helped define European art during the 17th century.

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Born: 1577-06-28
Died: 1640-05-30

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Type: Person
Country: GB
Active from: 1875-04-29
Active to: 1917-02-05

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Peter Paul Rubens, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

[Landscape with a Rainbow]

[The Judgement of Paris]

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[Marcus Iunius Brutus; Marcus Junius Brutus]

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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (/ˈruːbənz/ ROO-bənz; Dutch: [ˈpeːtər pʌul ˈrybəns]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.

Rubens was born and raised in the Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Germany) to parents who were refugees from Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant in the Spanish Netherlands and moved to Antwerp at about 12. In addition to running a large workshop 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.