Artworks · Peter Paul Rubens

Descent from the Cross

1600 · Boxwood

Height: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Pseudo-Seneca

1600 · Pen and brown ink over black chalk heightened with white, with brush and gray ink

10 7/16 x 6 15/16 in. (26.5 x 17.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Putti with Lamb

1599 · Black chalk and graphite, heightened with red chalk and traces of white chalk, on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on brown wove paper

15.5 × 11.2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Herodias Receiving the Head of Saint John the Baptist

1597 · Black chalk, with brush and black ink, and gray and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper

32.3 × 19.7 cm (12 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cherubs and Putti

1597 · Black chalk, with black crayon and red chalk, heightened with traces of white chalk, on pale brown laid paper

31.5 × 24.7 cm (12 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adoration of the Magi

1597 · Black and red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan laid paper (octagon)

27.4 × 24.5 cm (10 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lot and His Family Led Out of Sodom

1597 · Red chalk, on tan laid paper

26.9 × 18.8 cm (10 5/8 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

1597 · Oil on wood

25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (64.1 x 48.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frans Francken I (1542–1616)

1597 · Oil on wood

25 1/4 x 19 1/8 in. (64.1 x 48.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer

1597 · Oil on copper

8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (21.6 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virgin and Child

1597 · Oil on wood

39 3/4 x 30 3/8 in. (101 x 77.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Susanna and the Elders

1597 · Oil on wood

18 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (46.4 x 64.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Silenus

1597 · Black chalk on light brown paper

sheet: 9 x 7 1/8 in. (22.8 x 18.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer

1597 · Oil on copper

8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (21.6 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium; verso: Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man

1596 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk

sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (26.7 x 36.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anatomical Studies: a left forearm in two positions and a right forearm

1595 · Pen and brown ink

sheet: 10 15/16 x 7 5/16 in. (27.8 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Landsknecht

1590 · Brush and black ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper

30.7 × 19.5 cm (12 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

1590 · Pen and brown ink

sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (14 x 20.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Standing Female Saint

1590 · Brush and light brown wash, over a little black chalk, on light grayish paper; certain contours reinforced in pen and dark brown ink

sheet: 18 3/8 x 12 3/16 in. (46.7 x 30.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Presentation in the Temple

1590 · Pen, brush and brown ink on pale tan paper; reverse, black chalk and brown ink

Sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16 in. (21.4 x 14.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

1590 · Black chalk, heightened with white

16 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (40.9 x 26.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Battle Scene

1590 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with cream-coloured gouache, on brown paper

sheet: 23 7/16 x 14 5/8 in. (59.5 x 37.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portret van Karel, aartshertog van Oostenrijk en Infante van Spanje (?) (Don Carlos)

1587 · brush on paper, ink, chalk

diameter: 105 cm

Rijksmuseum

Samson vechtend met de leeuw

1587 · chalk, paper

width: 348 cm, height: 256 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Virgin Adored by Saints (recto); Study of the Torso Belvedere (verso)

1577 · Pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso)

15 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (39.5 x 26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Susanna

1577 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

6-7/8 x 6 in. (17.5 x 15.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Studies of a Woman Wearing an Elaborate Headdress

1495 · Pen and brown ink; retouched with brush and brown wash, lead white (partially oxidized)

Sheet: 12.9 x 12.8 cm (5 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art