1617 (ca.), Peter Paul Rubens, The Miracles of St. Francis Xavier, modello -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Like the modello for The Miracles of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Inv. No. GG 530) this sketch is from a design phase that already included all the important details for the monumental altarpiece. The brushwork here, however, is marked by much greater freedom and motion than are found in the finished painting, to which the painters in Rubens's studio made substantial contributions. The modello expresses the artistic temperament of the master with great immediacy.
1617 (ca.), Peter Paul Rubens, The Miracles of St. Francis Xavier, modello -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: Like the modello for The Miracles of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Inv. No. GG 530) this sketch is from a design phase that already included all the important details for the monumental altarpiece. The brushwork here, however, is marked by much greater freedom and motion than are found in the finished painting, to which the painters in Rubens's studio made substantial contributions. The modello expresses the artistic temperament of the master with great immediacy.