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| Peter Paul Rubens St. George & the Dragon c. 1606-08 Prado |
These paintings – a group of exceptional magnificence, even by the heroic standard of Peter Paul Rubens – remained in the artist's Antwerp studio at the time of his death in 1640. Rubens had retained them, some as workshop models, others apparently as personal favorites. All were purchased from the painter's heirs by agents for Philip IV of Spain – and for that reason all are now hanging together in the Prado. If Rubens had died a few years earlier, Charles I might have tried to compete for these pictures, but by 1640 English politics were too grim and threatening to permit any further art collecting on the part of the English King.
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| Peter Paul Rubens Nymphs & Satyrs 1615 & 1638 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Dance of Satyrs & Villagers 1635-40 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Atalanta & Meleager Pursuing the Calydonian Boar c. 1635-36 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Holy Family & Saints c. 1630 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens The Three Graces c. 1630-35 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Marie de Medici, Queen of France c. 1622 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Anne of Austria, Queen of France c. 1622 Prado |
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| Peter Paul Rubens The Supper at Emmaus c. 1635-40 Prado |