Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory, Oil on wood, 25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (64.1 x 48.9 cm), Paintings, Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp), 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
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Saint Teresa, Ávila Interceding, Souls, Purgatory, Oil, wood, 25 1/4 x 19 1/4, 64.1 48.9 cm, Paintings, Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, Siegen, 1577–1640, Antwerp, present, painting, reduced workshop, version, large altarpiece, painted, Rubens, 1630, 1633, Church, Discalced Carmelites, inscription, engraving, Schelte, Bolswert, altarpiece relates, scene, story, Bernardino de, Mendoza, young Spaniard, given Saint, Teresa, land, build, convent
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