Peter Paul Rubens - Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory - fine art print

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The present painting is a reduced workshop version of a large altarpiece painted by Rubens about 1630 to 1633 for the Church of the Discalced Carmelites in Antwerp. The inscription on an engraving by Schelte a Bolswert after Rubens's altarpiece relates the scene to the story of Bernardino de Mendoza, a young Spaniard who had given Saint Teresa land on which to build a convent. Bernardino died before it could be built, and Christ appeared to Saint Teresa informing her that his soul could not be released from Purgatory until the convent was completed. Bernardino appears in Purgatory at the left of the painting.

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This piece of art titled Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory was painted by the male artist Peter Paul Rubens. The original had the dimensions: 25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in (64,1 x 48,9 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the European artist as the medium of the work of art. Nowadays, this artpiece belongs to the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We are delighted to state that the artwork, which belongs to the public domain is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917. The creditline of the artwork is: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917. What is more, the alignment is in portrait format and has a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The diplomat, painter Peter Paul Rubens was a European artist from the Netherlands, whose artistic style can be classified as Baroque. The artist lived for 63 years - born in 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and deceased in the year 1640 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium.

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