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2 Volumes, hardcover with imprint on back and illustrated dustjacket, 265 x 185 mm., 670 pages and 230 illustrations. **Fine condition ISBN 2800501251. The oeuvre of Peter Paul Rubens includes an estimated 2,500-odd compositions and numbers around 10,000 works of art. The Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard was set up to provide a complete catalogue of this oeuvre. At present, twenty-seven of the proposed twenty-nine volumes have been completed. The first volume appeared in 1968, and the last one will be published in 2023. In this, the second part of the series, De Poorter examines all the sketches and paintings that Rubens did for the preparation of the magnificent set of Brussels tapestries representing The Triumph of the Eucharist (preserved in the Convent of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid). It also gives all available information about the tapestries themselve Definitive Raisonnated Catalogue of teh work of Rubens in 27 parts. Based on the material assembled by Ludwig Burchard. Each part written by a well - known scholar.