Peter Paul Rubens

Born in Siegen, Westphalia in June 1577, Peter Paul Rubens was the most sought-after painter in northern Europe during the seventeenth century. He was a Flemish Baroque painter, a diplomat, linguist and scholar. His emotional rich texture, vivid color and lively movement influenced Western art a lot. He was very famous for landscapes, portraits, history paintings and counter-reformation altarpieces. His father was a Calvinist. Peter Paul Rubens and his mother moved to Antwerp two years after his father's death. He was raised as a Catholic, which have a great influence on his works. He was also influenced by Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Peter Paul Rubens was died at the age of 62 in 1640. Here we offer quite a lot of his classic paintings for you. The paintings on canvas are all hand painted.