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Oct 11, 2024 · Peter Paul Rubens (born June 28, 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia [Germany]—died May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands [now in Belgium]) was a Flemish painter who was the greatest exponent of Baroque painting’s dynamism, vitality, and sensuous exuberance.
- Charles Scribner
Rubens died from heart failure as a result of his chronic gout on 30 May 1640. He was interred in the Saint James' Church in Antwerp. A burial chapel for the artist and his family was built in the church.
Having suffered painfully from gout for several years, in 1639 a particularly bad attack left Rubens unable to paint and he died a few months later in May 1640. Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (Showing 6 of 29 works)
- A Landscape with a Shepherd and his Flock
- A Lion Hunt
- A Roman Triumph
- A Shepherd with his Flock in a Woody Landscape
- A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning
- A Wagon fording a Stream
- Aurora abducting Cephalus
- Oil Sketch for High Altarpiece, St Bavo, Ghent
- Portrait of Ludovicus Nonnius
- Samson and Delilah
- The Apotheosis of the Duke of Buckingham
- The Birth of Venus
- The Brazen Serpent
- The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Apr 2, 2014 · At the time of his death, on May 30, 1640, in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium), Rubens was one of the most celebrated artists in Europe. He left behind eight children as well as...
Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( 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' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular ...
He died in 1640, leaving behind five children, an impressive art collection, and a body of work that profoundly influenced artists—including Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Reynolds, Gericault, and Delacroix—for more than two centuries.
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Between 1627 and 1630, Rubens' diplomatic career was in full swing as he moved between the courts of England and Spain in an attempt to bring peace between the two countries. A more private reason for the traveling was that his wife Isabella had died in the summer of 1626, probably due to the plague, and he desired a change of surroundings.
