In the 1630s Rubens painted rural scenes and many idyllic landscapes. These are the clearest examples of Rubens's new empathy for and interest in country life. In these years he had an intimate relationship with the countryside, where he had acquired his country house 'Het Steen' at Elewijt.

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Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Landscape with the Ruins of Mount Palatine in Rome c. 1608 Oil on panel, 76 x 107 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1243*850 True Color 165 Kb
	Return of the Prodigal Son c. 1618 Oil on canvas, 107 x 155 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp	1086*770 True Color 126 Kb
	Farm at Laken c. 1618 Oil on canvas Royal Collection, London	1196*800 True Color 168 Kb
	Landscape with Stone Carriers c. 1620 Oil on canvas, 86 x 127 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	1255*851 True Color 123 Kb
	Summer 1620s Oil on canvas, 142,8 x 222,8 cm Royal Collection, Windsor	1137*720 True Color 165 Kb
	Stormy Landscape c. 1625 Oil on wood, 147 x 209 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	961*680 True Color 169 Kb
	Ulysses and Nausicaa on the Island of the Phaeacians c. 1627 Oil on wood, 128 x 207 cm Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence	1423*900 True Color 177 Kb
	Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon c. 1630 Oil on canvas, 152,4 x 226,7 cm Royal Collection, Windsor	1148*760 True Color 150 Kb
	Landscape with Cows and Wildfowlers c. 1630 Oil on panel, 113 x 176 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	1162*750 True Color 146 Kb
	Landscape with a Rainbow 1632-35 Oil on canvas, 86 x 130 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	1255*824 True Color 123 Kb
	A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt c. 1635 Oil on wood, 62 x 90 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1600*1096 True Color 290 Kb
	An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen c. 1635 Oil on wood, 137 x 235 cm National Gallery, London	1308*750 True Color 180 Kb
	Landscape with Cows c. 1636 Oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich	800*545 True Color 146 Kb
	The Village Fête (Flemish Kermis) 1635-38 Oil on wood, 149 x 261 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1326*750 True Color 153 Kb
	The Village Fête (detail) 1635-38 Oil on wood Musée du Louvre, Paris	900*1162 True Color 177 Kb
	Landscape with a Rainbow c. 1636 Oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich	800*626 True Color 165 Kb
	Dance of Italian Villagers c. 1636 Oil on wood, 73 x 106 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1360*950 True Color 186 Kb
	Dance of Italian Villagers (detail) c. 1636 Oil on wood, 73 x 106 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	852*1200 True Color 192 Kb
	Tournament in front of Castle Steen 1635-37 Oil on wood, 72 x 106 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1244*850 True Color 147 Kb
	Landscape with a Rainbow c. 1638 Oil on panel, 136 x 236 cm Wallace Collection, London	1361*770 True Color 164 Kb
	Return from the Fields c. 1640 Oil on wood, 121 x 194 cm Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence	1422*900 True Color 211 Kb