# Confessional [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERBRUGGHEN, Pieter I]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oak wood ## Commentary Soon after Verbrugghen became a master in Antwerp Guild of St Luke, he started working with Artus Quellinus I, and during Quellinus's long absence from Antwerp, Verbrugghen managed his studio. In his own work, which apparently consisted mostly of church furniture, he followed the stylistic vocabulary of his famous brother-in-law. This dependence on the canon of classicist forms is particularly noticeable in the style of the angels and saints decorating the row of confessionals in St Paul's Church in Antwerp. Verbrugghen created his most masterly works for St Paul's Church. Apart from the confessionals he also made the rod screen \(1654, since lost\) and the enormous high altar \(1670\). ## Related artworks - [Confessional \(detail\)]() - [Confessional \(detail\)]() - [Confessional \(detail\)]() - [Confessional \(detail\)]() - [Confessional]() - [Confessional]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()