Return of the Prodigal Son 1618 Oil on canvas, 107 x 155 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp When Rubens died in 1640, he still possessed his Prodigal Son of 1618. Amongst his many grand altarpieces and dramatic mythological subjects, the creation of this rural scene, intended for his own living room, must have given him a great deal of pleasure. The biblical subject - depicted bottom right - serves merely as a vehicle for the painting of one of his earliest landscapes. , Artist: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel , Return of the Prodigal Son , 1601-1650 , Flemish , painting , religious
Raising of the Cross Måleriet Identifieringen :: 64193
Raising of the Cross 1610 Oil on panel O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp The picture shows a detail of the left panel of the triptych. , Artist: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel , Raising of the Cross (detail) , 1601-1650 , Flemish , painting , religious
Raising of the Cross Måleriet Identifieringen :: 64194
Raising of the Cross 1610 Oil on panel, 460 x 150 cm O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp Rubens painted the triptych for the high altar of Antwerp's church of St Walpurgis, which was demolished in 1817. That explains the inclusion of Amand, Walpurgis and Eligius on the back side of the wings. According to tradition, Bishop Amand founded that church - Antwerp's first - some time around 650. He features on the outside of the wings in the company of Walpurgis, a 8th-century saint, who supposedly lived for several years as a hermitess in the church's crypt, before becoming abbess of the convent she founded in Bavaria. In the right shutter, Rubens placed St Eligius, the blacksmith and bishop. Eligius was the patron saint of Antwerp's blacksmiths, who had their altar at St Walpurgis. Catherine of Alexandria stands in front of him with her martyr's sword and palm branch. The prominent position she is given in the altarpiece no doubt had something to do with a special devotion in the church, perhaps a confraternity of St Catherine, of which, however, no details are known. , Artist: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel , Raising of the Cross: Sts Amand and Walpurgis , 1601-1650 , Flemish , painting , religious
The Adoration of the Magi Måleriet Identifieringen :: 64195
The Adoration of the Magi 1624 Oil on panel Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp , Artist: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel , The Adoration of the Magi (detail) , 1601-1650 , Flemish , painting , religious