# @ngadc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGegdcANkvq
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-25T01:03:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Gallery of Art (@ngadc) — https://gondola.cc/ngadc

## Caption

Peter Paul Rubens is acclaimed for his dramatic scenes of history and mythology. But this legendary artist was also a talented diplomat, negotiator, peacemaker—and even spy.
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🖼 Peter Paul Rubens, “Portrait of the Artist,” 1623, oil on panel, Royal Collection

🖼 Peter Paul Rubens, “Landscape with St George and the Dragon,” 1630-1635, oil on canvas, Royal Collection

🖼 Peter Paul Rubens, “Portrait of the Infanta Isabella,” 1615, oil on canvas, National Gallery London, Bequeathed by Richard C. Jackson

🖼 Peter Paul Rubens, “Philip II, King of Spain,” c. 1635, oil on canvas, Royal Collection

🖼 Peter Paul Rubens, “Minerva protects Pax from Mars ('Peace and War’),” 1629-30, oil on canvas, National Gallery London, Presented by the Duke of Sutherland, 1828

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