Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra, Jacob Symonsz Pynas, 1628

Identification

Title(s)

Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1586

Inscriptions / marks

signature, lower right: ‘Jac. Pynas fec. / 1628’

Description

Na de genezing van de man die niet kon lopen worden Paulus en Barnabas te Lystra als goden geëerd. Links verscheurt Paulus zijn kleren, Barnabas wijst de offers af die door de bevolking worden aangedragen. Rechts staat de genezen man naast zijn kruk. In een lange stoet worden stieren als offerdieren gebracht, links een tempel van Jupiter.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob Symonsz Pynas (signed by artist)

Dating

1628

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 64 cm × width 104.7 cm

Subject

What

Paul and Barnabas heal the feet of a man; the people of Lystra think they are Mercury and Jupiter

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of A. Bredius, The Hague

Acquisition

gift Oct-1892

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; donated to the museum by Dr Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), October 1892;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 172, no. 126 (4 October 1892).} on loan to the Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, since 2004

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, Jonathan Bikker, p. 325, 326
Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1700-1800, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 209-210, cat.nr. 96
Aangenaam gezelschap, A.M. Meyerman, p. 44-49

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5108

Questions?

Do you have a remark or extra information on this object? Please let us know!