Peter Paul Rubens, 1624 - Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of St Michael's - fine art print

The artwork "Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of St Michael's" by the Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens as your new art copy

"Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of St Michael's" is an artpiece painted by the painter Peter Paul Rubens. Nowadays, the work of art is part of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s art collection, which is the largest museum of fine arts in Denmark and is attached to the Danish Ministry of Culture.. With courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark (public domain license).: . What is more, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The diplomat, painter Peter Paul Rubens was a European artist from the Netherlands, whose art style was primarily Baroque. The artist lived for 63 years, born in the year 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and passed away in 1640 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium.

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What does the curator team of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) state about this 17th century artwork made by Peter Paul Rubens? (© - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - www.smk.dk)

Yrsselius was originally a sepulchral tablet accompanied by an epitaph which does not survive today. The tablet was originally placed by the abbot’s grave in the church of the St.Michael’s Abbey. A few years prior to his death the abbot gave the church an altarpiece for the high altar, featuring a Rubens painting of the Adoration of the Magi.

Part of an all-inclusive decoration The tablet was intended to be hung in such a way that the abbot looked towards the high altar with his hands folded in “eternal prayer”, taking part in the adoration of the Christ Child on the altarpiece. This form of all-inclusive decoration, where figures in paintings are connected by the mental bridge established through a gaze, a gesture, or spatial links, is a typical feature of the Baroque.

The portrait's colour scheme Matthæus Yrsselius had his portrait painting wearing the white habit of the Premonstratensians with the mitre and the crozier by his side. In a colour scheme typical for Rubens, the white habit shines like mother-of-pearl against a lacquer-red background where the shadow cast by the crozier gives depth.