Victor Wolfvoet (II)

The inventory of his estate lists twenty sketches by Rubens, including several designs for the ceilings of the Carolus Borromeus Church in Antwerp and six bozzetti for the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series.

[8] Some of the sketches were likely in Wolfvoet's hand, like his copies after Rubens' Abraham and Melchizedek and Manna from Heaven both now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague.

[6] Wolfvoet was active as an art dealer, became an artist rather late in life, and died relatively young.

Wolfvoet copied the color of Franken's versions but added figures and intensified the shadows on the objects and persons.

This medium was preferred for paintings made for the export market, in particular to Spain and the Spanish South American colonies where the copper support was highly prized both for durability and its glossy finish.