The Conversion of Saint Paul
1567
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (22.5 × 30.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.595.16
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Conversion of Saint Paul a striking 1567 engraving by Italian printmaker Mario Cartaro, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department This work captures the dramatic moment from the Acts of the Apostles, Saul—later Saint Paul—is struck blind by a divine light on the road to Damascus, by his terrified companions and horses rearing in chaos. Measuring about 9 by 12 inches, its trimmed sheet preserves the intensity of Cartaro's intricate line work, a hallmark of 16th-century Italian engraving. Created during the height of the Counter-Reformation, the print ref...