A long-lost painting of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by Peter Paul Rubens, the 17th-century Flemish master, has been discovered in a mansion in Paris. French auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat was ...

Few men in history have struck a happier balance with their age or won richer rewards in return than Flemish Artist Peter Paul Rubens, master of Europe’s baroque style at its 17th century peak. A ...

Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia, to Jan Rubens, a Calvinist lawyer, and Maria Pypelincks. Fleeing religious persecution, the family had left Antwerp in 1568 ...

ANTWERP, Belgium — The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens partly reopened recently, allowing Antwerp to show off the life and work of perhaps its most famous citizen. The Rubens House ...

ANTWERP, Belgium — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist ...

An exhibition with the formidable title “Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist” opened this week at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The show comes to us from the Prado Museum in Madrid by ...

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A church in Mexico has been reunited with a painting of Saint Francis of Assisi, its namesake, that was stolen nearly a ...

17th century female painter Michaelina Wautier will finally receive a long overdue solo exhibition—the first ever to be dedicated solely to her work—at Rubens House in Antwerp. Slated for 2018, the ...