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Flemish Painter. Born: June 28, 1577 - Siegen, Westphalia. Died: May 30, 1640 - Antwerp, Belgium. Baroque Art and Architecture. Summary of Peter Paul Rubens. Peter Paul Rubens epitomized the "gentleman" artist archetype.
Apr 4, 2024 · Peter Paul Rubens is famous for his inventive and dynamic paintings of religious and mythological subjects, though he also painted portraits and landscapes. He is regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 17th-century Baroque period.
Peter Paul Rubens was born in Siegen, Westphalia, on 28 June 1577. He was named after Saints Peter and Paul, on whose feast day he was born. His father, Jan Rubens (d. 1587), was a lawyer and magistrate from Antwerp who, because of his Calvinist faith, had fled the Spanish-occupied city and moved to Cologne in 1568 with his wife, Maria ...
Date: ca. 1635. Medium: Oil on wood. Dimensions: 80 1/4 x 62 1/4 in. (203.8 x 158.1 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in honor of Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1981. Accession Number: 1981.238. Learn more about this artwork. Connections: Date Night.
10:00 am‑5:30 pm. Peter Paul Rubens was born into a prominent Antwerp family and became one of the most important artists of the seventeenth century. He served the Netherlands’ rulers as an ambassador and painted in many of Europe’s courts.
The Collection. European Paintings. The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist. Peter Paul Rubens Flemish. early or mid-1630s. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 621. The Holy Family appears to Saint Francis in this warm-hearted vision.
Rubens painted The Fall of Phaeton in Rome. His study of works by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo influenced his evocation of complex poses and a powerful sense movement. The lighting reveals the artist’s attention to Venetian artists as well. Rubens continued to work on the painting over a number of years.
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