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At the heart of The Courtauld’s holdings of European painting is a world-class collection of works by the artist Peter Paul Rubens. It includes large oil studies that offer unparalleled insights into Rubens’s creative process, and very personal works such as the enchanting Landscape by Moonlight.
- Early Years and Italy
- Antwerp
- The Diplomat
- Court Artist
- Last Years
Rubens was a remarkable individual. Not only was he an enormously successful painter whose workshop produced a staggering number of works; but he also played an important diplomatic role in 17th-century European politics. He was clearly a charming and attractive companion, described as having 'a tall stature, a stately bearing, with a regularly sha...
In 1608 news came that Rubens's mother was dying. He left immediately for Antwerp, but by the time he arrived she had died. Once home, Rubens decided to stay in the city. His reputation had preceded him, and in 1609 at the age of 33 he was appointed court painter to the rulers of the Netherlands, the Archduke Albert and his wife Isabella.The follow...
In 1622 Rubens was commissioned to carry out a huge project in Paris for the notoriously difficult Maria de Medici, widow of King Henry IV of France. Two entire galleries were to be decorated with scenes from the lives of the queen and her late husband. The commission was a fraught one. Maria was awkward and changeable; and her favourite, Cardinal ...
From the mid-1620s Rubens become increasingly busy with diplomatic duties. Antwerp, in the southern Netherlands, was part of an empire ruled by Catholic Spain. The Protestant northern Netherlands were united under Dutch rule. Both sides hoped to unite the Netherlands under their own regime. In 1610, a 12 year truce between the Dutch and the Spanish...
After 18 months abroad, Rubens had had enough of the thankless task of politicking. He returned to Antwerp to see his children and to look after his domestic affairs. He could also dedicate himself entirely to painting. One of his most important patrons in the 1630s was King Philip IV of Spain who commissioned over 80 paintings. In 1630, at the age...
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (/ˈruːbənz/; Dutch: [ˈrybə(n)s]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history.
- Flemish
- May 30, 1640
- Siegen, Germany
Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Alternative names. Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens. Description. Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker. Date of birth/death.
May 30, 2024 · Here are 10 of Rubens’s most iconic paintings. 1. Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma. Peter Paul Rubens, Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma, 1603, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. This portrait of the Duke of Lerma was painted in 1603 after Rubens’s first visit to Spain.
Nov 9, 2016 · Although best known for his mythological paintings of voluptuous nude females (from which the term “Rubenesque” arose), the artist also created works both religious and political in nature. We explore some of Rubens’ most important works, from The Horrors of War to The Judgment of Paris.
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Image archive. No other 17th-century European painter combined artistic talent, social and economic success and a high cultural level like Rubens. Though primarily a painter, he also made numerous designs for prints, tapestries, architecture, sculpture and decorative objects.
