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Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 639

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory
  • Artist: Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 25 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (64.1 x 48.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.19
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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