Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph Of The Eucharist

Commentary Piece on Art in the Renaissance Breathtaking, inspiring and artistically engaging, “Spectacular Rubens: the Triumph of the Eucharist,” a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, features the work of master artist Peter Paul Rubens told in both elaborate oil sketches and original tapestries woven in the early 1620s for a Franciscan convent in Spain. It’s the largest number of works for the Eucharist series assembled in more than half a century and the first time these tapestries have traveled to the United States. The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, is a piece of art in the “ Spectacular Rubens: the Triumph of the Eucharist” exhibition that spoke to me and my religious views. Also what fascinated me about this piece of work is that there is two version of it. One of the version is made of wool and silk and is 500 x
Woven in Brussels by Jan Raes I (Flemish, 1574–1651), Hans Vervoert (Flemish, active 1625), and Jacob Fobert (Flemish, active 1625) after designs by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). The other version of The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, about 1625-28, Peter Paul Rubens, oil on panel. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., gift of Syma Busiel, 1958. Unframed: 65 x 67.6 cm and Framed: 84.7 x 85.2 x 5 cm. Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1577 and died in 1640. Rubens was a Flemish diplomat and one of the most influential artists of all time. He became painter to the courts of Europe and produced many paintings that glorified his royal patrons. Rubens’ art is a blend of styles, incorporating aspects of the Italian High Renaissance, which includes artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, as well as northern realism and love of landscape, a hallmark of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s style. He also knew a great deal about Classical art and literature and used many mythological references in his work. In addition to paintings, Rubens designed