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Conversion of Paul (Bruegel)
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Conversion of Paul (Dutch: De bekering van Paulus) is an oil-on-panel painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Description
Bruegel shows Paul's army on its way to Damascus in contemporary dress and with 16th century armour and weapons. The saint himself is in a blue doublet and hose of the painter's day.
Download Image of The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace.Bruegel, having lived in Italy, was not unfamiliar with classical dress: his intention in representing biblical scenes in contemporary dress was to stress their relevance to his own time. In view of the persecution and counter-persecution of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the story of Paul's conversion had special significance.[2] The events are described in The Acts of the Apostles 9,
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
Then he
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