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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
Jan Rubens died in 1587 and was buried in Cologne's St Peter's Church, a Catholic church. [9] The widow Maria Pypelinckx returned with the rest of the family (i.e. Blandina, Philip and Peter Paul) to Antwerp in 1590, where they moved into a house on the Kloosterstraat.
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...
Died: May 30, 1640 - Antwerp, Belgium. Baroque Art and Architecture. Summary of Peter Paul Rubens. Peter Paul Rubens epitomized the "gentleman" artist archetype.
- Flemish
- May 30, 1640
- Siegen, Westphalia
Rubens died from gout on May 30, 1640. He was interred in Saint Jacob's church, Antwerp. The artist had eight children, three with Isabella and five with Helene; his youngest child was born eight months after his death.
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Today it is a museum, known as The Rubens House. Rubens’ workshop had lots of staff, assistants and students, so it produced lots of paintings. When Rubens died in 1640 there was a grand funeral in the city. He is buried in the Church of Saint James in Antwerp.
