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The Education of the Virgin
c. 1630–1635 · oil on canvas · KMSKA, Antwerp
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image 17.3×24 in on a 18×24 in sheet
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A book lies open between two pairs of hands, and the girl who will carry the Word is learning her letters. Saint Anne's arm is round her daughter's shoulder; Our Lady rests her hand on the page and turns her face out toward us; two putti come down with a wreath of flowers; Saint Joachim stands behind, watching. Rubens painted it, KMSKA records, for the altar of the south transept of Antwerp's Discalced Carmelite church, with his Saint Teresa of Ávila, the same size, on the north altar opposite. It was taken to Paris in 1794 and came back in 1815. When Schelte à Bolswert engraved it, the Met's impression shows, words from the psalm ran beneath: Audi filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam, the call to a daughter to listen and forget her people and her father's house. Her father is the man at the back.
Sources: KMSKA, Antwerp, 'The Education of Mary', inv. 306, read 2026-09-24 · KMSKA, 'Opvoeding van Maria', inv. 306, provenance field, read 2026-09-24 · KMSKA, inv. 299, provenance field, read 2026-09-24 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, Schelte Adams à Bolswert after Peter Paul Rubens, The education of the Virgin, 17.3.2667, read 2026-09-24