Saint Walpurga
Van der Geest also functioned as a maecenas. He arranged for Rubens to get the order for a triptych for the Saint Walpurga church in Antwerp, which resulted in the "Elevation of the Cross", now in the Cathedral of Antwerp. Similarly, the order for the 1630-1632 "Triptych of Saint Ildephonsus", intended for the Saint James church, but now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, was given to Rubens through the influence of Van der Geest.