Sketch for The Defenders of the Eucharist, by Rubens

An image of The Defenders of the Eucharist. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish artist, 1577-1640). Oil on panel, height 15.8 cm, width 16.5 cm, circa 1625 to 1626. Sketch for the 'Eucharist' series of designs.

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The Defenders of the Eucharist. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish artist, 1577-1640). Oil on panel, height 15.8 cm, width 16.5 cm, circa 1625 to 1626. Sketch for the 'Eucharist' series of designs.

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Accession Number: 241
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 995 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 227.05kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2011:11:04 15:14:34

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17th Century Baroque Catholic Catholicism church fathers churches churchman design designing ecclesiastical Eucharist Fitz_PDP Flemish oil on panel oil on wood painting religion religious Rubens saints sketch St Augustine St Jerome theology Artist/Maker

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