(1577–1640), Flemish painter. The foremost exponent of northern Baroque, he is best known for his portraits and mythological paintings featuring voluptuous female nudes, as in Venus and Adonis (c.1635).
Definition of Rubens, Sir Peter Paul in US English:
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul
proper nounˈro͞obənz
(1577–1640), Flemish painter. He is best known for his portraits and for his paintings of mythological subjects featuring voluptuous female nudes, such as in Venus and Adonis (c.1635).