In 1611, Rubens was commissioned to create a triptych of The Elevation of the Cross for the Church of St. Walburga. Rubens also created a much smaller oil on paper painting depicting the same scene, which is viewed as one of his sketches for the larger artwork. As the original church for which Rubens created his painting has since been destroyed, the triptych now hangs in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, while the paper painting is located at the Louvre Museum in Paris.