Attributed to Pieter Van LINT ( 1609 -1690) "The Virgin giving the chasuble to Saint Ildefonse". Copper: 34x26 cm Expert: Cabinet TURQUIN, Mr Stéphane PINTA Our copper is a remake in reverse of the central part of the triptych by Rubens in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Saint Simon Stock, patron saint of the Carmelites of England in the 13th century, received the scapular from the Virgin Mary as a sign of predilection. scapular from the Virgin Mary as a sign of predilection and protection, at a time when the future of Carmel in Europe was bleak. darkest. He has not been officially canonised, but is venerated by Carmelites and in many dioceses. "... He died in Bordeaux on 16 May 1265 during a visit he was making to the houses of his Order in Aquitaine. His liturgical cult appeared in Bordeaux in 1435, in Ireland and England in 1458, and in the rest of the Order in 1564. the rest of the Order in 1564. His reputation for sanctity was widespread, and from 1423 onwards his relics were frequently removed. of her relics, the last in 1950. From the time of his death until 1793, his body was kept by the Carmelite monks in Bordeaux. During the Revolution, it was hidden by Father Soupre. It was then placed in the cathedral in the chapel of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel, under the altar of Notre-Dame de la Nef. Thus, through the history of the Carmelite Order and the development of the cult of the Virgin Mary. of the cult of the Virgin Mary. He is celebrated on 17 July, particularly at Saint André Cathedral. (Histoires de la sainteté en Gironde - diocèse de Bordeaux)