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Peter Paul Rubens

Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

Oil on wood
64.1 × 48.9 cm (25.2 × 19.3 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 639

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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