The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

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Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Date: 1636
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 27 × 42.6 cm (10 5/8 × 16 3/4 in.); Framed: 42.2 × 57.8 × 6.4 cm (16 5/8 × 22 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on panel
Style: 17th Century
Place: Flanders
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Accession no.: 1947.108

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.