Peter Paul Rubens, St Athanasius overcoming Arius, black chalk sketch for Jesuit cycle, ca. 1620, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Peter Paul Rubens, 31 December 1620

Peter paul rubens, st athanasius overcoming arius, black chalk sketch for jesuit cycle, 339 x 445 mm, ca. 1620, hermitage, st petersburg, inv. No. 5513 verso. Provenance: sold from johann karl philipp count cobenzl to catherine ii in 1768. Draft for a painting with the same name on the ceiling of jesuit church st carolus-borromeus in antwerp, destroyed by fire in 1718. Date: 31 December 1620.