October 4, 2003 through June 30, 2008
At The Fogg Art Museum (more about the Fogg)

Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion, c. 1639. Oil on cradled panel, with traces of red chalk, 23 cm x 39.2 cm. Copyright 2003 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Peter Paul Rubens is the most celebrated exponent of the baroque style in painting. This long-term installation includes two oil sketches-Neptune Calming the Tempest and Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion-showing Rubens working out compositions for complex subjects drawn from classical antiquity, and a large scene by Rubens's frequent collaborator, Frans Snyders.

Organized by Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts.