ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — 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 ...

A painting by Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens that had been out of the public eye for centuries has sold for 2.3 million euros ($2.7 million) at an auction in Paris. Rubens painted “Christ on ...

When Belgian art dealer Klaas Muller snapped up a potential sleeper Old Master at an online auction three years ago, he got more than he bargained for. It appears the work isn’t just a rediscovered ...

Peter Paul Rubens, “Tiger, Lion and Leopard Hunt” (1616), oil on canvas, 256 x 324.5 cm, Rennes, Musée des Beaux Arts (all images courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, photo courtesy MBA, Rennes, Dist.

The late UK artist Beryl Cook— long derided in fashionable circles for her popular depictions of plump, fun-seeking people ...

WHATEVER pleasures there had been in being a Renaissance man, the Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens, took them. Every afternoon he rode his Spanish thoroughbreds. He ate richly enough to die of gout, ...

Somaya Critchlow, 31, is showing her provocative paintings alongside a storied collection that includes work by Rubens, van Dyck and Velázquez. By Kadish Morris Discover medieval and Gothic ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Almost every popular cliche about art and artists that has emerged in the past two centuries is spectacularly nonapplicable to Peter Paul Rubens. The great Flemish painter who ...