After Theodoor van Thulden
After Theodoor van Thulden

Saint Francis of Paula in Glory, attended by Angels and Saints, in a painted arch

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After Theodoor van Thulden
Saint Francis of Paula in Glory, attended by Angels and Saints, in a painted arch
oil on canvas
143.5 x 97.5 cm

Lot Essay

The prototype of circa 1660, is in the Saint Waltrudis Church, Mons, having been commissioned for the Cloister of the Order of the Minimi in the same city. (A. Roy, Theodoor van Thulden, 1991/92, under no.66, fig.99). A preliminary sketch is in the Rubenshuis, Antwerp (A. Roy, op. cit., no.66, ill.).
Saint Francis of Paula (1416-1517) was the founder of the Order of the Minimi.

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