Peter Paul Rubens

baroque

Rubens Paintings 1577 - 1640 Painter, Diplomat, Netherlands, Baroque

The Union of Earth and Water, c.1618

Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 71.06 inches [222.5 x 180.5 cm]

Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Mythological Art

2 from 62

Rubens Painting Work Samples

Browse Artists Alphabetically by Name

Choose from these available sizes

painting: RUP002 size: 40.6x33 inches price: $1190 add to cart

painting:RUP002B size II: 46x38 inches price: $1390 add to cart

painting: RUP002C size III: 54x44 inches price: $1640 add to cart

Time needed to complete and deliver your order depends on the volume and complexity of the paintings and we keep you informed about the stage of completion throughout the process.

The painter usually needs 3-4 weeks to achieve the highest quality of the reproduction and get it dry for shipping.

The Union of Earth and Water, c.1618 by Peter Paul Rubens is entirely handmade without use of artificial methods. It is painted on linen canvas with oil paints of the highest French quality.

We are professional graduates of art schools, which gives us the opportunity to reproduce to the highest point of perfection the style and technique of the original old master. With more than 20 years of experience and thousands of satisfied customers our oil reproductions are the best, always bearing the full spirit of the original.

Shipping is worldwide by DHL and can be tracked online. The canvas is delivered unframed, rolled in a postal tube.

Shipping cost is fixed $75, regardless of order total.

Delivery by DHL is fast - up to 3 business days.

ask for another size

✔ Hand painted oil on canvas

✔ Delivered within 3 weeks

✔ Lifetime warranty

shipping information

OIL PAINTING: The Union of Earth and Water, c.1618
While Rubens was in Rome he must have been impressed not only by its fountains but also by its marble copy of Praxiteles' Resting Satyr, for he later merged the two in a painting of 1618, The Union of Earth and Water. Impressed by the satyr's languid pose and soft, ripe, feminine form, Rubens turned him into a zoftig Rubenesque woman, flipped her over to lean in the opposite direction, and replaced the satyr's flute with the hand of trident-wielding Neptune - shown here in the guise of a Roman river god, with his watery essence flowing out of an overturned jar, as a Triton blows his horn and putti gambol in the water. Perhaps she is meant to be Ceres or Flora? The lion eyeing her fruits and flowers could be a clue.