This week marks the anniversary of the death of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), whose mythological paintings turned classical tales into spectacles of flesh, drama and emotion.

View Apollo and Marsyas by Peter Paul Rubens on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Peter Paul Rubens.

Pope John Paul II explains why St. Paul writes so much on suffering: “The Apostle shares his own discovery and rejoices in it because of all those whom it can help – just as it helped him ...