Sir Pieter-Paul and Sir Anthony

This is a small painting of the Descent from the Cross (Het Afdaling Van het Kruis) by the Flemish painter Pieter-Paul Rubens. The final work is the huge painting behind the altar in the Cathedral in Antwerp, which is Ruben's home town. There is also a small copy in Christ Church St Lawrence in Broadway in Sydney.

In the galleries here, he is referred to as "Sir" Peter Paul Rubens. Apparently Charles I knighted this Flemish boy when he lived in England (Philip IV of Spain also knighted him, but they might have been occupying Flanders St the time.) Charles I also knighted "Sir" Anthony Van Dyck, so the English were happy to throw around knighthoods to foreigners, just like Tony Abbott.