Peter Paul Rubens - Modello of Saint Margaret - The Phoebus Foundation

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Peter Paul Rubens – Modello of Saint Margaret

With Koen Fillet and Sven Van Dorst, head of restoration at The Phoebus Foundation studio.

A saint, a dragon and an oil sketch. Rubens’ Modello of Saint Margaret offers a fresh perspective on one of the most ambitious commissions of his career.


Peter Paul Rubens, oil sketch (modello) of Saint Margaret with a dragon, a lamb and a palm branch, created as a design for a ceiling painting in the Antwerp Jesuit church, c. 1620.
Peter Paul Rubens, Design for a Ceiling Piece in Antwerp’s Jesuit Church: Saint Margaret, c.1620

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