Peter Paul RubensFlemish, 1577–1640Landscape with a Rainbow
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
State Hermitage Museum
Room247Saint Petersburg, Russia
On public display.
- Checked
- 29 Aug 2026
- In this state since
- Aug 30, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Rainbow Landscape is a 1632–1635 oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, one of a number of autograph works on the subject. Originally owned by Prince Richelieu, it was later given to Count Brühl by the Bavarian elector, son of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1769 it was bought from the count's collection in Dresden for the Hermitage Museum, where it now hangs. Originally on panel, it was transferred to a canvas support by A Mitrokhin in 1869.
Thought to be autograph work until 1945, a studio copy was in the collection of Louis XIII and is now in the Louvre.
Particulars
- Accession number
- ГЭ-482
In the catalog
Sources
- State Hermitage Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 29 Aug 2026
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Peter Paul Rubens
The whole life1627–1630
Diplomatic Missions between Spain and England
Rubens was active as a diplomat, shuttling between the courts of Spain and England in an effort to achieve peace between the Catholic Spanish Netherlands and the Protestant Dutch Republic; he also made several trips to Holland.
1629 – April 1630
Diplomatic Journey to London
After a brief stay in Antwerp, Rubens traveled to London, where he remained until April 1630, continuing the peace negotiations between Spain and England.
1630
Marriage to Helena Fourment
Four years after the death of Isabella Brant, the 53-year-old Rubens married the 16-year-old Helena Fourment; she became the artist's muse and the inspiration for the sensuous figures in many of his paintings of the 1630s, including The Three Graces and The Judgment of Paris.
1630
Knighted by Charles I
King Charles I of England knighted Rubens, adding a heraldic lion to his personal coat of arms; a few months later Philip IV confirmed his knightly status.
6 December 1630
Married: Helena Fourment
18 January 1632
Daughter born: Claire Rubens
