17th century Flemish school, follower of Peter Paul Rubens - Lot 27

17th century Flemish school, follower of Peter Paul Rubens "The Miracle of Saint Ildefonso". Oil on canvas. 55.5 x 68.5 cm The painting is based on Rubens' sketch for the Ildefonse triptych in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (see Albert & Isabelle exhibition catalog, Louvain 1998, no. 393, reproduced). The Ildefonse triptych, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, was originally intended to decorate the new altar of the Brotherhood of Saint Ilefonse in the Church of Saint James in Coudenberg. The Virgin Mary, accompanied by three virgins, appears to Saint Ilefonse and offers him the chasuble. Two deacons, frightened by the apparition, retreat into the background of the composition. Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabelle, in official dress, kneel on a prie-dieu on either side of the main scene.