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The Stoning of Saint Paul, 1580

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 243 x 203 mm
  • Inv. 2013-HV
Hans Sadeler
Brussels 1550 - Venice 1600
engravers (printmakers)
Maerten de Vos
Antwerp 1532 - Antwerp 1603
after
Hans Sadeler
Brussels 1550 - Venice 1600
publisher
print room religious symbolism figures (representations) New Testament the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword 16th century

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Paul is pelted with stones by the inhabitants of Lystra. In the background, Paul heals a paralytic at the gate of Lystra. With a Latin caption with a Bible passage from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 14). The last print of a five-part series.

Artist

Hans Sadeler RKD
Brussels 1550 - Venice 1600
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Maerten de Vos RKD Wikidata
Antwerp 1532 - Antwerp 1603
after

Hans Sadeler RKD
Brussels 1550 - Venice 1600
publisherAAT

Title The Stoning of Saint Paul
Date 1580
Period 16th century
Location Cologne TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription in the representation, bottom left: MD vos inve
inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Sadeler. Fe. Coloniae
inscription outside the depiction, below: Lapidantes Paulum, traxerunt etxtra civitatem
inscription outside the depiction, below: acta 14
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2013-HV
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-HV
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6713/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11H(PAUL) the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A414 paralytic Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
44G32 executioner, hangman Iconclass
44G33 torture Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
31E23411 violent death by stoning Iconclass
73F223151 Paul and Barnabas heal a cripple; the people of Lystra think they are Mercury and Jupiter Iconclass
73F223155 Paul is stoned and dragged out of the city Iconclass
School / Style Renaissance AAT
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