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 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 ...

Extremely rare oak panel carved with the best of "Peter Paul Rubens" early 1600's. Flemish. George Way findings. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) (Staff-Shot) For those devoted collectors of ...

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, ...

Colnaghi Brussels announces its upcoming exhibition, Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Flemish Caravaggism, opening on December 10, 2025 and running through January 30, 2026. No showing of Christian ...