The Conversion of Saint Paul

c. 1637

Laurent de La Hyre

Associated Names
Laurent de La Hyre

Artist, French, 1606 - 1656

This is a drawing of a scene with celestial and terrestrial figures. The scene shows armed individuals engaged in a skirmish on the ground, while a powerful bearded figure emerges from the clouds above, surrounded by small cherubic forms. The drawing is intense, with swirling clouds and strong diagonal lines suggesting movement and conflict. Details in the drawing show the artist's skill in depicting human and animal forms in motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut to platemark): 41.2 x 30.9 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.8.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 16, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lutz Riester, Freiburg); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

1988

  • Rosenberg, Pierre, and Jacques Thuillier. Laurent de la Hyre, 1606 - 1656. Geneva, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L de la Hyre / in. sculp. / cum p. Regis; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q76347205

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