Alexander Rubens, Lord of Vremdyck

Alexander Joseph Rubens, Lord of Vremdyck, Willenskerk, Ter Schriek, Liesele, Malderen and steenhuffel [1](died 17 February 1752, in Mechelen) was a Flemish noble man. He was the last male heir of his grandfather.

Crest of Rubens van Parys

Detail of the pulpit paid for by Alexander Rubens, in Mechelen

Family

He was one of the grand children of Peter Paul Rubens and Helena Fourment. His father Frans was married to Suzanne Charles, of noble birth. Her uncle Philippe was Knight of Jerusalem.[2] He was widower of Catharyne Philippine van Parys, who died in 1741. He was responsible for Joannes Alexander and Fredericus Ignatius Rubens, orphans of François II Rubens, and Barbe Francisca de Claer, after his death.[3] Alexander did not have any children. He was buried with his wife in the Saint James' church, Antwerp.

Career

Alexander Rubens was named in 1694 by Royal command Rentmeester-generaal [4] of the King, for Mechelen.[5] He donated from his private fortune for the completion of the Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk, he donated the pulpit by private gift of 2.994 gulden.[6] He resided in Liezele castle, bought in 1716.

Ancestors

16. Bartholomaeus I Rubens

8. Jan Rubens

17. Barbara Arents

4. Peter Paul Rubens

18. Henry Pypelinckx

9. Maria Pypelinckx

19. Claire of Touion, dite Colyns.[7]

2. François I Rubens

20. Joannes Fourment

10. Daniël Fourment

21. Joanna Bulteau

5. Helena Fourment

22. Peter Stappaert

11. Clara Stappaert

23. Catharine le Moisne

1. Alexander Rubens,
Lord of Vremdyck

24. Balthasar Charles

12. Gaspar Charles

25. Catherine de Solbreucq

6. John Maria Charles

26. Roland de Tournon
Lord of Walbourg

13. Marie de Tournon

27. Mary Hallut

3. Susanne Gratienne Charles

28. Jacques Roelants

14. Jacques Roelants, esq.

29. Elisabeth van der Muyden

7. Isabella Clara Roelants

30. Pierre de Schott

15. Mary de Schotte, dite Douglas[8]

31. Magdalena Ruts

Notes

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Peter Paul Rubens
Paintings and drawings	Leda and the Swan (1601, 1602) The Deposition (1602) Self-Portrait in a Circle of Friends from Mantua (1602–1605) Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma (1603) Portrait of a Young Woman (1603) Hercules and Omphale (1603) Heraclitus and Democritus (1603) Virgin and Child (c. 1604) The Fall of Phaeton (c. 1604/1605) Transfiguration (1604–1605) The Circumcision (1605) Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria (1606) Portrait of a Noblewoman with a Dwarf (1606) Portrait of Giovanni Carlo Doria on Horseback (1606) Madonna della Vallicella (1606–1608) Susanna and the Elders (1607) Adoration of the Magi (Prado) (1609; 1628–29) Samson and Delilah (1609–10) Honeysuckle Bower (1609–10) Juno and Argus (1610) Raising of the Cross (1610–11) Conversion of Saint Paul (1610–1612) Massacre of the Innocents (c. 1611) Venus Frigida (1611) Prometheus Bound (1611–12) The Four Philosophers (1611–12) Antwerp Resurrection (1611–12) Descent from the Cross (1612–1614) Saint Teresa of Ávila's Vision of the Holy Spirit (1612–1614) Saint Teresa of Ávila's Vision of the Holy Spirit (c.1614) The Tribute Money (1612–1614) The Defeat of Sennacherib (1612–1614) The Four Continents (1610s) Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter (1612–1614) Portrait of a Commander (1613) The Crowning of the Virtuous Hero (1613–14) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (1613–1615) The Death of Adonis (1614) St Sebastian (c. 1614) Madonna della Cesta (1615) Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno, Who He Wished to Seduce (1615) Daniel in the Lions' Den (1615) The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt (1615–16) The Tiger Hunt (1615–16) Theodosius and Saint Ambrose (1615–16) Florence Resurrection (1616) The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents (1616) Erichthonius Discovered by the Daughters of Cecrops (c. 1616) The Wolf and Fox Hunt (c. 1616) The Lion and Leopard Hunt (c. 1616) Romulus and Remus (1615–16) Saint Stephen Triptych (1616–17) Two Women with a Candle (1616–17) Descent from the Cross (1616–17) The Meeting Between Abraham and Melchizedek (1616–17) Christ and the Penitent Sinners (1617) Mars and Rhea Silvia (1617) The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man (1617) The Great Last Judgement (1617) A Bearded Man (c. 1617–18) Adoration of the Magi (Lyon) (1617–18) The Five Senses (1617–18) Two Satyrs (1618) Medusa (1618) The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (c. 1618) Christ Triumphant over Sin and Death (c. 1618) The Prodigal Son (1618) The Union of Earth and Water (c. 1618) Tigress with Her Cubs (1618) Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1618–1620) St Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (1619–20) The Small Last Judgement (1619) Conversion of Saint Paul (1620s) The Fall of the Damned (ca. 1620) Landscape with Philemon and Baucis (ca. 1620) Saint George and the Dragon (c. 1620) Perseus Freeing Andromeda (1620) Saints Dominic and Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger (1620) The Virgin Mary and Saint Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger The Rape of Orithyia by Boreas (1620) Christ on the Cross (1620) The Three Graces (1620–1623) Isabella Brant (c. 1621) The Lion Hunt (1621) Marie de' Medici cycle (1621–1630) Portrait of Susanna Lunden (1622) Perseus and Andromeda (c. 1622) The History of Constantine (1622–1625) Self-Portrait (1623) The Conversion of Saint Bavo (1623–24) Diana and Her Nymphs Leaving for the Hunt (1623–24) Adoration of the Magi (Antwerp) (1624) The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob (1624) Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (1623–1626) Portrait of Infante Isabella Clara Eugenia (1625) The Triumph of the Church (1635) Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1625–26) Angelica and the Hermit (c. 1626–1628) Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry (1627) The Triumphal Entry of Henry IV into Paris (1627) The Annunciation (1627–28) The Fall of Man (1628–29) The Rape of Europa (1628–29) Minerva Protecting Peace from Mars (1629–30) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (c. 1630) The Ildefonso Altarpiece (1630–31) Last Supper (1630–31) Odysseus on the Island of the Phaecians (1630–1635) The Finding of Erichthonius (1632–1634) The Garden of Love (c. 1633) Adoration of the Magi (Cambridge) (1634) The Rape of the Sabine Women (1634–1636) The Feast of Venus (c. 1635) The Dance of the Villagers (1635) Helena Fourment with Her Son Frans (1635) The Village Fête (1635–1638) Mercury and Argus (1635–1638) Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye (c. 1636) Helena Fourment with Children (1636) A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning (1636) Saturn (1636) The Rainbow Landscape (1636) Het Pelsken (1636–1638) The Origin of the Milky Way (c. 1637) Consequences of War (c. 1638) Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides / Deianira Listens to Fame (1638) The Three Graces (1636–1638) The Rape of Ganymede (1636–1638) Diana and Callisto (1637–38) Helena Fourment with a Carriage (1638) Self-Portrait (1638–39) The Peasants Returning From The Fields (1640) Judgment of Paris (various)
Tapestries	The History of Constantine (1622–1640) (with Pietro da Cortona)
Books	Palazzi di Genova (1622)
Museums	Rubenshuis
People	Rubens family Isabella Brant (first wife) Helena Fourment (second wife) Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen (son) Albert I Rubens (son) Jan Rubens (father) Maria Pypelinckx (mother) Philip I Rubens (brother) Tobias Verhaecht (teacher) Adam van Noort (teacher) Otto van Veen (teacher) Nicolaas II Rockox (friend)
Related	Poussinists and Rubenists Rubens (1977 film) Rubenesque

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