Rubens

[ roo-buhnz; Flemish ry-buhns ]

noun

1. Pe·ter Paul [pee, -ter pawl, pey, -t, uh, r, poul], 1577–1640, Flemish painter.

Rubens

/ ˈruːbɪnz /

noun

1. RubensSir Peter Paul15771640MFlemishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Sir Peter Paul . 1577–1640, Flemish painter, regarded as the greatest exponent of the Baroque: appointed (1609) painter to Archduke Albert of Austria, who gave him many commissions, artistic and diplomatic. He was knighted by Charles I of England in 1629. His prolific output includes the triptych in Antwerp Cathedral, Descent from the Cross (1611–14), The Rape of the Sabines (1635), and his Self-Portrait (?1639)

Other Words From

• Ruben·esque Ru·ben·si·an [roo-, ben, -zee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

When Rubens is disappeared by the government, however, it confirms the worst fears of the Paiva family’s educated, affluent social set, and it soon turns into the central struggle of Eunice’s life.

From Los Angeles Times

Without it, we wouldn’t know the riveting paintings of El Greco or Rubens, Caravaggio or Van Gogh, the way we do today.

From Los Angeles Times

Alongside IRA gunmen, she carried out an armed raid on Russborough House in County Wicklow where they stole 19 masterpieces, including a Rubens, Goya and Vermeer.

From BBC

When farmer Rubens Braz started breeding Brazilian chickens, he had no idea how big the operation - or the birds - would get.

From Reuters

“It was all consuming,” Caroline Rubens, Appalshop’s archive director, said in a recent interview.

From New York Times