Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640

St Philip

oil on panel (107 × 82 cm) — c. 1611 Museo del Prado, Madrid

Peter Paul Rubens biography

This work is linked to Mark 3:18

Around 1612 Rubens made a series of portraits of the apostles, in commission of the duke of Lerma. Philip is shown carrying a cross. Tradition has it he was crucified after spreading the Gospel together with Bartholomew in Phrygia, a kingdom in Antatolia.

Rate this work of art: