Conversion of Saint Paul

Title

Conversion of Saint Paul

Draughtsman

• Maturino da Firenze ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben mittig: [unleserlich]; No. 45
Verso Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000) mit eingestempelter Nummer 120, bezeichnet in der Kartusche (mit der Feder): [?]le Romain / Cabinet gouvernai et tachei[?]; Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Paul (apostle)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Apostelgeschichte 9,1-9

Primary

• 73F2212 on the way to Damascus Christ appears to Saul, who falls from his horse and is blinded by the light

Alternative Attribution

• Italian ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• after Francesco Salviati ? inventor; by note on mount