Peter Paul Rubens was an extraordinary artist, most of his pieces were made with female body’s. The female body had clothes on, but sometimes they were naked. One of his most famous artworks is Honeysuckle Bower, which symbolizes many different ideas, but mostly it symbolizes love. This informational essay is about an individual that was famous for his works of art. He is from the Renaissance period. For this essay there are four main points; life, career, contributions, and life without Peter Paul Rubens. Firstly, Peter Paul Rubens lived about 63 years, born in June 28, 1577, and he died on May 30, 1640. Unfortunately, after he left for Italy he was informed on a message that his mother had an illness. Since he was too far away, he ended up being exceptionally late. As s result the illness killed her before he got to her. In a similar manner like other men from his time period Ruben had a multitude of wives and children, five with a woman named Hélène and three with a woman named Isabella. His generation after him mostly married into noble families from Antwerp. Since his paintings and books were incredible, outstanding he became the most important and celebrated 17th century artist that lived in sNorthern Europe. He did not always stay in Northern Europe, he traveled to other places which includes Italy that we already know of in 1600. Before getting to Italy he stopped in Venice, where he saw pieces of work made by other extraordinary artists such as Titian,