The Age of Rubens is the official exhibition catalogue for a major retrospective on Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640) organised by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Toledo Museum of Art in 1993?94. Edited by Peter C. Sutton with contributions by Marjorie E. Wieseman and other scholars, the volume presents a fresh and comprehensive examination of Rubens?s work in the context of his studio practices, his collaborators, his patrons, and the cultural milieu of early 17th?century Flanders and Europe. With hundreds of illustrations - including full color plates and black and white figures - the book covers Rubens? paintings, drawings, and graphic works, and situates them alongside masterpieces by his assistants and contemporaries, exploring themes of artistic collaboration, specialization, and influence. The Age of Rubens offers an integrated art historical narrative built around the exhibition?s keynote pieces and supporting works. Peter C. Sutton frames Rubens? career from his early Antwerp training through his Italian period and mature Baroque achievements, highlighting his mastery of religious altarpieces, mythological compositions, portraits, and monumental commissions. Essays by contributing experts examine Rubens? workshop organization, the collaborative nature of his studio with pupils and assistants such as Anthony van Dyck and Jan Brueghel, and the influence of patronage and Counter?Reformation contexts on Flemish Baroque painting. The catalogue also includes analyses of classical and humanist influences on Rubens? art and its reception, together with extensive bibliographic references and indexed entries for works reproduced or discussed in the volume. Peter C. Sutton is a leading Rubens scholar and curator associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; he serves as editor of this comprehensive exhibition catalogue. Marjorie E. Wieseman and other art historians contribute essays and interpretive texts that illuminate Rubens? workshop practice, stylistic development, and place within the Baroque era. The catalogue contextualises the oeuvre of Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640), the foremost Flemish Baroque painter whose vibrant compositions, coloristic richness, and dynamic figuration made him a defining artistic figure of his time.