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RUBENS.
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pouring water from a shell on the head of the Saviour, who
stands in the stream.
St. John the Evangelist in the Island of Patmos. He is
clothed in a pink vest and scarlet mantle, and is seated on a
bank, with a pen and an open book in his hands ; his attention
is directed upwards, where a dragon with seven heads appears
in the heavens, and an eagle is above his head.
12 ft. by 3 ft. 9 in.—P.
Three small pictures were placed above the altar table, these
represented :—
127. The Adoration of the Shepherds.
128. The Crucifixion of the Saviour.
129. The Resurrection.
These three have disappeared from the church.
The whole of the preceding eight pictures (several of which are
finished with unusual care and neatness), were painted in eighteen
days, for the sum of 1800 flo., 162Z., according to a receipt in
Rubens’s own hand, dated 1624, preserved in the records of the
church ; a fac-simile of which is inserted in this work.
The above pictures (with the exception os the three last) are now
in the church for which they were painted.
The original Sketch for the Adoration of the Magi is now in the
collection of the Marquess of Bute, at Luton.
20 in. by 14J in.—P.
An excellent Drawing, in black and red chalks, washed in India
ink, heightened with white, the work of a scholar, finished by
Rubens for the engraver, is in the Musee at Paris.
22^ in. by 16| in.
130. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The view ex-
hibits a wide expanse of sea; close to the beach (in front)
are two boats, and in the one nearest the spectator stands the
Saviour, clothed in a scarlet mantle, addressing Simon Peter,
who, deeply affected by the miracle, is bending before him, and
apparently exclaiming, “ Depart from me, for I am a sinful
man, 0 Lord ; ” two other men are in the boat, one of whom
holds the nets, and the other is turned round, apparently calling
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pouring water from a shell on the head of the Saviour, who
stands in the stream.
St. John the Evangelist in the Island of Patmos. He is
clothed in a pink vest and scarlet mantle, and is seated on a
bank, with a pen and an open book in his hands ; his attention
is directed upwards, where a dragon with seven heads appears
in the heavens, and an eagle is above his head.
12 ft. by 3 ft. 9 in.—P.
Three small pictures were placed above the altar table, these
represented :—
127. The Adoration of the Shepherds.
128. The Crucifixion of the Saviour.
129. The Resurrection.
These three have disappeared from the church.
The whole of the preceding eight pictures (several of which are
finished with unusual care and neatness), were painted in eighteen
days, for the sum of 1800 flo., 162Z., according to a receipt in
Rubens’s own hand, dated 1624, preserved in the records of the
church ; a fac-simile of which is inserted in this work.
The above pictures (with the exception os the three last) are now
in the church for which they were painted.
The original Sketch for the Adoration of the Magi is now in the
collection of the Marquess of Bute, at Luton.
20 in. by 14J in.—P.
An excellent Drawing, in black and red chalks, washed in India
ink, heightened with white, the work of a scholar, finished by
Rubens for the engraver, is in the Musee at Paris.
22^ in. by 16| in.
130. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The view ex-
hibits a wide expanse of sea; close to the beach (in front)
are two boats, and in the one nearest the spectator stands the
Saviour, clothed in a scarlet mantle, addressing Simon Peter,
who, deeply affected by the miracle, is bending before him, and
apparently exclaiming, “ Depart from me, for I am a sinful
man, 0 Lord ; ” two other men are in the boat, one of whom
holds the nets, and the other is turned round, apparently calling