Paintings, Drawings and Art Prints by Pieter Paul Rubens
%2B-%2BUniting%2Bof%2BKingdoms.jpg "Uniting of Kingdoms by Pieter Paul Rubens - History Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
%2B-%2BPeaceful%2BRuling%2Bof%2BJacob%2BI.jpg "Peaceful Ruling of Jacob I by Pieter Paul Rubens - History Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
Sheet of Studies: Head of a Man Looking Up, Hand, and Lower Part of a Head in Profile
1618/1619, Pieter Paul Rubens
.jpg "African Fisherman by Pieter Paul Rubens - Genre Drawings from Hermitage Museum")
.jpg "Head of an Old Man. Study for \"The Crown of Thorns\" by Pieter Paul Rubens - Portrait Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
.jpg "Crown of Thorns by Pieter Paul Rubens - Christianity, Religious Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
.jpg "Descent from the Cross by Pieter Paul Rubens - Christianity, Religious Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
.jpg "Union of Earth and Water by Pieter Paul Rubens - Mythology, Religious Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
Pieter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577, Siegen, Germany - May 30, 1640, Antwerp, Belgium | Periods: Baroque, Antwerp school) was a Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality. He is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.