In Rubens's workshop practice drawings played an important role. First he made a quick sketch, usually drawn and washed in brown ink. (In some cases, however, he painted the first designs in grisaille on a panel.) Next he produced a detailed "modello" in colour (a sketch in oil), which was submitted to the client who either approved it or gave his comments on it. Once the composition existed in the shape of a definitive modello, all kinds of anatomical details were established in separate detail studies. Thus he made chalk drawing from nude male models posing for him in attitudes required by the composition. The many studies of heads played also an important role in the practice. Finally Rubens made several further studies of movement details. However, there are also drawings by his hand of architectural details, trees, animals and even farm implements.

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	St Gregory the Great with Saints 1606 Oil on canvas, 146 x 119 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	820*1001 True Color 128 Kb
	The Lamentation c. 1606 Oil on copper, 28 x 24 cm Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville	698*800 True Color 99 Kb
	Adoration of the Shepherds 1608 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 64 x 47 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	800*1113 True Color 116 Kb
	The Madonna della Vallicella Adored by Seraphim and Cherubim 1608 Oil on canvas, 86 x 57 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna	857*1300 True Color 189 Kb
	The Lamentation c. 1609 Oil on panel, 34 x 27 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	800*1007 True Color 97 Kb
	King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1620 Oil on panel, 41 x 46 cm Courtauld Gallery, London	941*850 True Color 182 Kb
	Esther before Ahasuerus 1620 Oil on wood, 33 x 32 cm Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna	1040*900 True Color 133 Kb
	'Modello' for the Assumption of Mary 1622-25 Oil on panel, 88 x 59 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague	999*1500 True Color 249 Kb
	Christ on the Cross 1627 Oil on panel, 51 x 38 cm Rockox House, Antwerp	829*1102 True Color 174 Kb
	The Flagellation of Christ - Oil on panel, 37,4 x 35,1 cm Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent	784*900 True Color 122 Kb
	The Chariot of Apollo 1620s Oil on oak panel, 99 x 73 cm Private collection	803*1122 True Color 90 Kb
	The Victory of Eucharistic Truth over Heresy c. 1626 Oil on panel, 86 x 105 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1034*850 True Color 176 Kb
	Triumph of Church over Fury, Discord, and Hate 1628 Oil on panel, 86 x 91 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1102*900 True Color 175 Kb
	Apollo and the Python 1636-37 Oil on panel, 27 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1400*884 True Color 232 Kb
	The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek 1625 Oil on panel, 66 x 82 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington	800*632 True Color 178 Kb
	The Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water from an Angel 1625-28 Oil on canvas, 72 x 62 cm Musée Bonnat, Bayonne	564*600 True Color 72 Kb
	Raising of the Cross 1609-10 Oil on wood, 68 x 107 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1410*900 True Color 201 Kb
	The Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek 1620-21 Oil on wood, 49 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1220*900 True Color 154 Kb
	Sketches 1622-25 Oil on wood, 50 x 64 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	1068*800 True Color 128 Kb
	Death of Constantine 1623-25 Tapestry, wool and silk with gold and silver threads, 489 x 497 cm Museum of Art, Philadelphia	900*896 True Color 237 Kb
	The Three Graces 1620-23 Oil on wood, 47 x 34 cm Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence	750*1111 True Color 180 Kb
	Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints c. 1628 Oil on wood, 80 x 56 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	908*1300 True Color 192 Kb
	Music Making Angels c. 1628 Oil on oak, 65 x 83 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	1300*1015 True Color 184 Kb
	The Marriage of Henri IV of France and Marie de Médicis 1628-30 Oil on panel, 23 x 12,5 cm Wallace Collection, London	450*873 True Color 83 Kb
	The Birth of Henri IV of France 1628-30 Oil on panel, 21,5 x 10 cm Wallace Collection, London	400*872 True Color 74 Kb
	The Triumph of Henry IV c. 1627 Oil on wood, 50 x 84 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1600*944 True Color 234 Kb
	Cupid Riding a Dolphin 1636 Oil on wood, 14,5 x 13,5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels	750*779 True Color 123 Kb
	The Fall of Icarus 1636 Oil on wood, 27 x 27 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels	800*810 True Color 168 Kb
	The Triumphal Car of Kallo 1638 Oil on panel, 103 x 71 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp	700*1050 True Color 142 Kb
	The Duke of Lerma 1603 Black chalk and pen Musée du Louvre, Paris	480*694 Grayscale 106 Kb
	Bust of Pseudo-Seneca 1600-26 Pen and brown ink over black chalk, with brush and gray ink, 265 x 177 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	816*1200 True Color 157 Kb
	Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume 1617 Chalk, pastel, pen and ink on light brown laid paper, 446 x 248 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	977*1400 True Color 181 Kb
	Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume 1617 Chalk, pastel, pen and ink on light brown laid paper, 446 x 248 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	819*1400 True Color 123 Kb
	Silenus (or Bacchus) and Satyrs c. 1616 Drawing, 383 x 266 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris	906*1062 Grayscale 170 Kb
	Portrait of a Chambermaid c. 1625 Sanguine with charcoal, 380 x 280 mm Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	666*820 True Color 131 Kb
	St. George Slaying the Dragon - Pen with brown ink and brown wash Musée du Louvre, Paris	462*600 True Color 46 Kb
	Hercules Crowned by Genii c. 1621 Drawing, 470 x 320 mm British Museum, London	750*1093 Grayscale 113 Kb
	Nicolaas Rubens 1625-26 Drawing, 290 x 230 mm Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	850*1050 True Color 165 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Woman 1630-36 Black and red chalk, 473 x 354 mm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam	850*1132 True Color 135 Kb
	Vision of Ezekiel 1605-08 Red and black pencil, grey watercolour on white paper, 300 x 225 mm Museo Horne, Florence	822*1010 True Color 146 Kb