All About Ildefonso Altar by Peter Paul Rubens

Title of Artwork: “Ildefonso Altar”

Artwork by Peter Paul Rubens

Year Created 1630

Summary of Ildefonso Altar

Painter Peter Paul Rubens created the Ildefonso Altarpiece between 1630 and 1631 for the church of St. Ildefonso in Venice. It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. This is where it was before.

All About Ildefonso Altar

Central panel: It shows Saint Ildefonsus having a vision of the Virgin Mary, in which she gave him a casula. It’s named after that. People who were regents of the Spanish Netherlands show up on the side panels with their patron saints Albert and Elisabeth of Hungary.

In the church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg in Brussels, Albert started the Ildefonso Brotherhood in order to encourage people to be loyal to the Habsburg dynasty. His widow had the altarpiece made for the Brotherhood soon after his death.

Information Citations

En.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/.