Bekering van Paulus, Georg Pencz, 1543

Title(s)

Bekering van Paulus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.035

Catalogue reference

• Bartsch 69
• Hollstein German 67

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De apostel Paulus wordt op weg naar Damascus verblind door fel licht uit de hemel waar Christus verschijnt. Soldaten die samen met Paulus onderweg zijn verschuilen zich achter hun schilden.

Artist

• print maker: Georg Pencz (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Georg Pencz

Place

Germany

Dating

1543

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 76 mm × width 112 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Catalogo completo dell'opera grafica di Georg Pencz, p. 112, cat.nr. 72