Lot 63: Nicolaes Lauwers(Antwerpen 1600-1652) The

Nicolaes Lauwers(Antwerpen 1600-1652) The triumphal procession of Ecclesia (The triumph of the Eucharist over ignorance and blindness), engraving, after Rubens, 75 x 112 cm, a vertical central crease, stained, browned, mounted and framed, (Sch) The triumphal procession of Ecclesia is based on a series of sixteen tapestries that Rubens, commissioned by Archduchess Isabella, designed for the monastary of Descalzas Reales in Madrid in 1625. A preliminary study of the present motif is preserved in the Prado in Madrid. (See: Michael Jaffé, Rubens. Catalogo Completo, Milano 1989, pp. 820-822, Cat. No. 844.)