The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
The priest-king of Salem brings out bread and wine and blesses Abraham — a typological prefiguration of the Eucharist. Modello for one of the Eucharist tapestries commissioned by Isabella Clara Eugenia for the Descalzas Reales in Madrid. National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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About Peter Paul Rubens
1577–1640 · Flemish
Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp