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  2. Peter Paul Rubens

Artist Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640

Works featured in these exhibitions


The Fall, Adam and Eve Tempted by the Snake, from the Diptych of the Fall and the Redemption, left wing by Hugo van der Goes
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens
Adam and Eve by Titian

Genesis 3:1–13 The Fall

Cain killing Abel by Niccolò Tornioli
Cain and Abel by Titian
Cain slaying Abel by Peter Paul Rubens

Genesis 4:3–16 Cain and Abel

Samson strangling the lion, by Cornelis Galle I after Peter Paul Rubens
Fingerswarm, by Bill Woodrow
AN ANSWER IS EXPECTED by Susan MacWilliam

Judges 14 Samson and the Lion: Of Honey, Heaven Sent

Building of Solomon’s Temple by Giovanni Battista Ricci (designer)
'Solomon dedicates the temple; Christ thanks the Father for the Church', from a Bible Moralisée by Unknown artist
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple; Right wing of triptych altarpiece of the Deposition by Peter Paul Rubens

1 Kings 8:62–66; 9:1–9; 2 Chronicles 7:4–22 Construction and Consecration of the Temple

Rachel Weeping for Her Children (Jeremiah 31:15) by Jacob Steinhardt
The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Mrs Peale Lamenting the Death of Her Child by Charles Willson Peale

Jeremiah 31:1–26 Rachel Weeping

Silver Denarius, Head of Tiberius (obverse), seated female figure (reverse)
The Tribute Money, by Peter Paul Rubens
The Tribute Money, by Titian

Matthew 22:15–22; Mark 12:13–17; Luke 20:20–26 Render Unto Caesar

Miraculous Draft of Fishes by Peter Paul Rubens
La Pêche aux poissons des abysses (The Whale) by Giulio Romano
Miraculous Draught of Fishes by Peter Paul Rubens

Luke 5:1–11 Fishing for People

The Penance of Jane Shore in St Paul’s Church by William Blake
Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee by Peter Paul Rubens
Mary Magdalene Leaving the House of Feasting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Luke 7:36–50 Redeeming the ‘Sinful Woman’


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More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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