Conversion of Saint Paul
Pier Francesco Mola
1612–66
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
8 5/8 x 11in. (21.9 x 27.9cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Professor Richard Krautheimer, in honor of Jacob Bean, 1992
Accession Number
1992.221
Tags
SoldiersSaint Paul
About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...