Chronology of Works
1577: Birth of Peter Paul Rubens
1581: Dutch Republic (or the States General) declare independence from Spanish rule after a series of wars; the southern part of the country remains under Hapsburg rule
1598: Rubens accepted as a master in the Guild of St. Luke
c. 1599: completion of Adam and Eve
1600: Rubens travels to Italy
1608: Maria Rubens dies; Rubens returns to Antwerp
1609: Rubens is married to Isabella Brant; completion of Rubens and Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower
1610: Rubens purchases a building in Antwerp to use as a home and studio; Rubens commissioned to paint an altarpiece for the church of St. Walburga (The Raising of the Cross); completion of The Raising of the Cross
1612: completion of The Descent from the Cross
1615: completion of The Feast of Acheloüs; Portrait of the Archduke Albert; and Portrait of the Infanta Isabella
1617: completion of The Great Last Judgement
1620: While under the study of Rubens, Anthony van Dyck is discovered by Thomas Howard, a British nobleman; completion of The Fall of the Damned
1621: Marie de' Medici, Queen of France, commissions Rubens to paint 21 pieces for decoration of her Palace in Luxemburg
1625: Rubens finishes the commission from Marie de' Medici
1626: Isabella Rubens dies
1628: completion of Portrait of a Woman, Probably Susanna Lunden
1630: Rubens marries Hélène Fourment; completion of The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
1635: completion of The Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt and Venus and Adonis
1936: completion of The Massacre of the Innocents
1638: completion of The Horrors of War
1640: Rubens dies at his home in Antwerp at the age of 62
1581: Dutch Republic (or the States General) declare independence from Spanish rule after a series of wars; the southern part of the country remains under Hapsburg rule
1598: Rubens accepted as a master in the Guild of St. Luke
c. 1599: completion of Adam and Eve
1600: Rubens travels to Italy
1608: Maria Rubens dies; Rubens returns to Antwerp
1609: Rubens is married to Isabella Brant; completion of Rubens and Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower
1610: Rubens purchases a building in Antwerp to use as a home and studio; Rubens commissioned to paint an altarpiece for the church of St. Walburga (The Raising of the Cross); completion of The Raising of the Cross
1612: completion of The Descent from the Cross
1615: completion of The Feast of Acheloüs; Portrait of the Archduke Albert; and Portrait of the Infanta Isabella
1617: completion of The Great Last Judgement
1620: While under the study of Rubens, Anthony van Dyck is discovered by Thomas Howard, a British nobleman; completion of The Fall of the Damned
1621: Marie de' Medici, Queen of France, commissions Rubens to paint 21 pieces for decoration of her Palace in Luxemburg
1625: Rubens finishes the commission from Marie de' Medici
1626: Isabella Rubens dies
1628: completion of Portrait of a Woman, Probably Susanna Lunden
1630: Rubens marries Hélène Fourment; completion of The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
1635: completion of The Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt and Venus and Adonis
1936: completion of The Massacre of the Innocents
1638: completion of The Horrors of War
1640: Rubens dies at his home in Antwerp at the age of 62