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To learn more about Rubens' life and works, here are biographies, articles and links to images of his paintings.
Peter Paul Rubens
A biography of the great Baroque master, courtesy of your Art History Guide.
Web Gallery of Art: Rubens
There are many, many pages of Rubens' work here, and each thumbnail enlarges to a big, high-resolution scan. Themes included are: religious, mythological and allegorical, along with portraits, landscapes and graphics. See also Rubens' biography - it's very detailed.
Artchive: Peter Paul Rubens
Mark Harden has compiled a large section on Rubens, including a long biography (quoted from Colin Eisler's out-of-print book), a bibliography and a chronological list of images of Rubens' work. Highly recommended.
Peter Paul Rubens - Olga's Gallery
Here are 127 thumbnails, arranged by date, of Rubens' paintings and drawings. Once again, each image can be enlarged, and Rubens' assistants are listed when and if they were involved with a piece. There is also a biography containing lengthy notes on the subjects of his better-known paintings.
Painting the Weather - Rubens
This site, from the BBC, concerns itself with Ruben's landscapes. It's a lot of fun, too; estimated weather conditions are listed next to each picture's description.

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