Spectacular Rubens: The <i>Triumph of the Eucharist</i>

$24.95 at The Getty Museum.

Edited by Alejandro Vergara and Anne T. Woollett Among the greatest achievements of Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) are his designs for the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series. The set of twenty monumental tapestries was commissioned by the Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, daughter of Phillip II of Spain and governor general of the Southern Netherlands, as a gift to the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (Convent of the Barefoot Royals) in Madrid. The scenes in this series display Rubens’ vast…