Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of Sint-Michiel's Abbey in Antwerp  1624

by Peter Paul Rubens

Yrsselius was originally a sepulchral tablet accompanied by an epitaph which does not survive today. The tablet was originally placed by the abbot’s grave in the church of the St.Michael’s Abbey. A few years prior to his death the abbot gave the church an altarpiece for the high altar, featuring a Rubens painting of the Adoration of the Magi. [br] [b]Part of an all-inclus...
Credit: 
Courtesy of The National Gallery of Denmark