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Peter Paul Rubens: Hero and Leander

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Alternative names	Rubens, Pierre Paul Rubens, Pieter Paul Rubens, Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Description	Flemish painter, sculptor, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	28 June 1577	30 May 1640
Location of birth/death	Siegen	Antwerp
Work period	16^th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Antwerp (1589-1600), Mantua (9 May 1600-1608), Spain (1603), Antwerp (1608-1640), Netherlands (1612), Paris (23 May 1623-29 June 1623, 4 February 1625-9 June 1625), Calais (November 1626), Paris (December 1626), City of Brussels (1627), Netherlands (10 July 1627-6 August 1627), Spain (26 August 1628-29 April 1629), London (18 May 1629-23 March 1630), City of Brussels (1631), Netherlands (November 1631), Affligem (September 1634)
Authority file	: Q5599 VIAF: 56647196 ISNI: 0000000121341267 ULAN: 500002921 LCCN: n79055561 NLA: 36442606 WorldCat

Title

Hero and Leander

Object type

painting

Genre

cantata

Date

circa 1604

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 37.7 in (95.8 cm); width: 50.3 in (127.9 cm)

Collection

Yale University Art Gallery (Inventory)

	Native name	Yale University Art Gallery
	Parent institution	Yale University
	Location	New Haven
	Coordinates	41° 18′ 30.6″ N, 72° 55′ 51.6″ W
	Established	1832
	Website	artgallery.yale.edu
	Authority file	: Q1568434 VIAF: 158793816 ISNI: 0000000122994008 ULAN: 500303559 LCCN: n79129213 NLA: 35623140 WorldCat

Accession number

1962.25

Credit line

given to Yale University by Susan Morse Hilles

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Yale University Art Gallery

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current	10:08, 9 July 2020	1,881 × 1,407 (2.58 MB)	Ovotional (talk \| contribs)	Cropped 2 % horizontally, 3 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
	10:06, 9 July 2020	1,920 × 1,450 (2.39 MB)	Ovotional (talk \| contribs)	today
	20:39, 14 August 2015	2,939 × 2,210 (1.78 MB)	Trzęsacz (talk \| contribs)	http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/43619
	21:21, 26 March 2011	683 × 511 (51 KB)	Vincent Steenberg (talk \| contribs)	-border
	08:54, 14 March 2011	700 × 528 (254 KB)	MarmadukePercy (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1="Hero and Leander," oil on canvas, by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. 37 3/4 in. x 50 3/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Susan Morse Hilles. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.}} \|Source