Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist Series - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606064304 ISBN 13: 9781606064306

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014

Synopsis

The six glorious scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) are highlights of the Museo Nacional del Prado’s superb collection of Flemish paintings. Completed in 1626, these brilliantly detailed sketches were painted at the behest of the Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia in preparation for a series of monumental tapestries that are now considered among the finest made in Europe in the seventeenth century. Unfortunately, additions to the wooden supports, introduced after the paintings were created, made the panels considerably larger than Rubens intended and over time caused serious damage to the original sections. With the aid of the Getty Foundation’s Panel Paintings Initiative, the panels have been restored and returned to their original dimensions by the Prado, and the magnificent oil sketches can once again be placed on public view. This lushly illustrated and illuminating volume provides new insight into the history of the Eucharist series of paintings and tapestries and attests to Rubens’s exhilarating art.
 
Spectacular Rubens is published on the occasion of an exhibition of the paintings, on view at the Museo Nacional del Prado from March 25 through June 29, 2014, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum from October 14, 2014, through January 4, 2015.

About this title

About the Author:

Alejandro Vergara is senior curator of Flemish and Northern European paintings at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Anne T. Woollett is curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the author of Drama and Devotion, Miraculous Bouquets, and Rembrandt in Southern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1606064304
• ISBN 13: 9781606064306
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Vergara Alejandro, Woollett Anne T.