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Peter is then told to put on his cloak. The robe in Scripture is often equated with righteousness. Thus the instruction of ...

31 x 42 cm. (12.2 x 16.5 in.) Rubens, Peter Paul - Copy after The Banquet at the House of Simon the Pharisee Jesus sits together with the Pharisees around a richly set table, while in the foreground a ...

Peter Paul Rubens, The Medici Cycle: The Coronation of Marie de Medici (1573-1642) at St. Denis, 13th May 1610, detail of the crowning, 1621-25. Photo by Art Images via Getty Images.

On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

The Gospel passage for Peter and Paul is Matthew 16: “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church.” Leo XIV began ...

This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church.

Art conservators Jill Keppens, left, and Kayla Metelenis, right, work on sections of the Enthroned Madonna Adored by Saints, painted by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, at the Royal Museum of ...

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of Judah Maccabee’s triumph in the rebellion he led against the Seleucid Empire from 167-164 B.C. Rubens lived from 1577-1640.

Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delilah (ca. 1609/10). Collection of the National Gallery, London.

When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist's Belgian ...