Arnold Frans Rubens (1687–1719)  

• Was a Flemish Baroque painter.
• Arnold Rubens was born in Antwerp as the son of art dealer Arnold Rubbens and Catharina Pannens.
• He became a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1715–1716. 

• He married in 1710 with Ursula Verbist.

• The couple had two daughters and three sons.

• Jacob de Vil became his pupil in 1715–1716.

• The artist died young in Antwerp.

• His work consists mainly of cabinet paintings that depict landscapes and battle scenes.

• His landscapes are river landscapes or seascapes.

• He also copied paintings of his famous namesake Peter Paul Rubens to whom he is not believed to have been directly related.

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