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The Triumph of the Church

after 1628

follower of Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Culture
Flanders
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 129.5 x 96.5 x 8.5 cm (51 x 38 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 74.1 x 105.7 cm (29 3/16 x 41 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1037
Public Domain
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Description

This work is likely a copy after Rubens’s oil sketch for the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series. Isabella, daughter of King Phillip II of Spain, commissioned the tapestries for a royal monastery in Madrid. The finished tapestries still hang there today, and the original oil sketch is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
A horizontally oriented oil painting on wood is crowded with figures, all with light skin tones. At the center, the Church, a woman in a white cloak over red robes, sits in a golden chariot holding a golden vessel aloft. The chariot is pulled toward our left by horses, rolling over struggling men. Winged children fly through a bright blue sky. Twisted pillars and fruit garlands within a painted frame border the scene.

The Triumph of the Church

after 1628

Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)
Flanders

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