Jacob Jordaens, The Conversion of Saul with Christ and the Cross
Holden Funds, 1954.367 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Jacob Jordaens

The Conversion of Saul with Christ and the Cross

c. 1645–47

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
brush and brown wash, gouache and watercolor over black and red chalk, heightened with traces of white; framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
33 × 19.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-191652

Jacob Jordaens was a prominent artist working in Antwerp in the 17th century. Though influenced in his use of powerful forms and vibrant color by his contemporary, Peter Paul Rubens, Jordaens was notably more realist in his tendencies. This drawing and its companion drawing in the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection (1954.366) are very likely studies for a painting depicting the Conversion of Saint Paul that Jordaens made for the the abbey church at Tongerlo, near Antwerp, in around 1647 (now lost). According to the Bible, in the year following the death of Jesus Christ, Saul of Tarsus (who …

Provenance

Holden Funds, 1954.367

Registry history

  • c. 1645–47 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings

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