Peter Paul Rubens
1577–1640 · Baroque · 16 works
Peter Paul Rubens brought an appetite for movement and storytelling to paintings made for churches, courts, and private patrons. Years spent studying in Italy supplied ideas from ancient sculpture and Renaissance painting that he developed in Antwerp with a large workshop. His career also included diplomacy between European courts. Small studies offer an intimate way into this ambitious practice: a rapid arrangement of bodies, gestures, and light could establish a composition before a much larger painting was made. Portraits and drawings reveal quieter encounters alongside the dramatic narratives.
16 works · 1602–1638
In The Capture of Samson, follow the opposing directions of arms and bodies. Where does the strongest light concentrate the action?
1602–1615 · 7 works
Walk these 7In the museum: Baroque room · 7 works
1620–1625 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: Baroque room · 2 works
1626–1638 · 6 works
Walk these 6In the museum: Baroque room · 5 works
Adriaen van Ostade
The Painter, c. 1647
Aelbert Cuyp
View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas, c. 1640
Agostino Carracci
The Sacrifice of Pelias to Neptune, 1584
