Saint Paul the Apostle. Tempera painting by a Spanish painter, 14th century.
- Date:
- [between 1300 and 1399?]
- Reference:
- 45990i
- Part of:
- Sacred subjects: episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Tempera and oil paintings, 13-- and ca. 1600.
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Description
Saint Paul the Apostle, identified from his attribute, the sword which he holds in his left hand. From ca. 1600 to ca. 1968 the painting was covered with an outer layer, painted in oil, showing Saint Jerome standing in a niche above and a flower below. This outer layer was destroyed ca. 1968 on the ground that the inner paintings were more interesting from an art-historical point of view
Publication/Creation
[between 1300 and 1399?]
Physical description
1 painting : tempera on wood ; wood 110 x 25.5 cm
Reference
Wellcome Collection 45990i
Notes
One of a set of paintings (for the set see record no. 43771i in the Wellcome Library catalogue). They are painted on four pieces of wood: each piece is painted on both sides. Each side was painted twice: first possibly in the 14th century, in tempera, and then in the 16th or 17th century the tempera paintings were painted over with oil paintings. The inner layer (in tempera) depicts episodes in the New Testament, and the outer layer (in oil) depicts episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Some parts of the outer layer have been destroyed
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
45989i and 45990i
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