Peter Paul Rubens

Born: 1577
City and Country of Origin: Antwerp, The Netherlands
Painting School: Baroque
Art Training: Tobias Verhaecht; Adam van Noort; Otho Venius
Affiliations: Lukas Guild
Awards:
Major Works: "Landscape with Rainbow," "The Elevation of the Cross (the triptych)," "Bathsheba at the Fountain"
Peter Paul Rubens Biography: One of the great masters of the art world. He was born into a family of Calvinists. After his father's death he was raised a Catholic. In 1600 he traveled to Italy where he joined the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua. While in Italy he studied and copied the paintings of the Italian masters. In 1609 he was appointed court painter to Regent Albert and Isabella. While in Antwerp he received a flood of commissions. In 1621 he received his largest commission for a series of 21 paintings for Marie de’Medici, the Queen Dowager of France, widow of Henry IV.
Died: 1640
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