Sir Peter Paul Rubens 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 o
Self-Portrait, c. 1623 – c. 1630
Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer, 1597
Adam and Eve, early work, c. 1599
Battle of the Amazons, 1598
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici, widow of Henry IV of France, for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received
The cycle in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre
The Destiny of Maria de' Medici