St Matthew
Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
oil on panel (107 × 82 cm) — c. 1611
Matthew 1:1 - The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Around 1612 Rubens made a series of portraits of the apostles, in commission of the duke of Lerma. Matthew is shown holding a weapon. The weapon refers to the martyrdom which the catholic church says he suffered.
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