# Triumph of Church over Fury, Discord, and Hate [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RUBENS, Peter Paul]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 86 x 91 cm ## Commentary In the early years of the seventeenth century painters of Madrid provided their patrons with eternal truths embodied in stable compositions, as if the confusion and mingling of forms would distract the viewer from the message. The paintings of Rubens offered a viable alternative by demonstrating that heightened colour and pictorial energy did not necessarily compromise the exposition of doctrine and dogma. The Eucharist tapestries in the Descalzas Reales were a convincing demonstration of the point. Although rich in symbols and complex in composition, they constitute a flawless, ringing exposition of a cardinal doctrine of the Catholic church, and the lesson was not lost on the guardians of religious life. This picture shows an oil sketch for Eucharistic tapestry. ## Related artworks - [A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Albert and Nicolaas Rubens]() - [Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() - [Allegorical Glorification of King James I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()