Artwork of St. Paul the Apostle

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Masaccio (Italian painter, 401-428), "St. Paul," 1426, Tempera on wood, 51 x 30 cm, Museo Nazionale, Pisa.

Pictures of St. Paul the Apostle are found widely. Not as widely as those of St. Peter, perhaps, but still portraits and statues of this great church planting apostle are widespread, especially in Europe. Here are some that I have found. (See also Portraits of Jesus Christ.)

Remrandt Hamerszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter

• St. Paul in Prison. 1627. Oil on panel. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany.
• St Paul at his Writing-Desk, 1629-30, Oil on wood, 47 x 39 cm, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
• Apostle Paul (1634)
• Apostle Paul, 1635, Oil on canvas, 135 x 111 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
• Apostle Paul (1657), Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 40.9" x 51.6" (104.0cm x 131.0cm). Rembrandt (and Workshop?)
• Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul (1661), oil on canvas, 93.2x79.1cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish painter (1525-69)

• > Conversion Of Paulus (1567>), 108 x 156 cm., Wood panel, Kunsthistorishes Museum, Wien (Vienna), Austria.

Caravaggio

• The Conversion of St. Paul, 1600, Oil on cypress wood, 237 x 189 cm, Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome
• The Conversion on the Way to Damascus. 1600, Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

El Greco

• St. Paul, 1606, Oil on canvas, 97 x 77 cm, Museo del Greco, Toledo

• James The Lesser, Brother of Jesus (1606), Oil on canvas, 97 x 77 cm, Museo del Greco, Toledo

• Apostles Peter and Paul, 1592, Oil on canvas, 121,5 x 105 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Masaccio

• St. Paul, St Paul, 1426, Tempera on wood, 51 x 30 cm, Museo Nazionale, Pisa

Michelangelo Bounarroti

• St Paul, 1503-04, marble statue, height: 127 cm, Duomo, Siena
• The Conversion of Saul (detail), 1542-45, Fresco, width of detail 101 cm, Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

Raphael

• St. Paul Preaching in Athens, Victoria and Albert Museum.

Paolo Romano

• Four Reliefs with the Trials of St. Paul 1460-64, Marble, height: 133 cm, width: 37 cm (each), Musei Vaticani, Vatican

Andrei Rublev

• Apostle Paul. c. 1420s. Tempera on wood. 160 x 109 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Tintoretto, Jacopo (Venetian, 1518 - 1594)

• The Conversion of Saint Paul, c. 1545, oil on canvas, 152.4 x 236.2 cm (60 x 92 7/8 in.), National Gallary of Art, Washington, DC

Torrigiani, Sebastiano

• St. Paul (statue), c. 1585, Gilt bronze, height 87.6 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

Elsheimer, Adam, St Paul at Malta, c. 1600, Oil on copper, 17 x 21 cm, National Gallery, London

Giotto di Bondone

• St Paul, 1290s, Fresco, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi
• The Stefaneschi Triptych: Martyrdom of St Paul, c. 1330, Tempera on panel, Pinacoteca, Vatican

LISS, Johann

• The Ecstasy of St Paul, Oil on canvas, 80 x 58 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin

SASSETTA

• The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul, about 1440, Wood, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Alessandro Algardi (Italian sculptor, 1598-1654), "Beheading of St. Paul" (1650) Marble, height 286 cm., San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna. Larger image.

ALGARDI, Alessandro

• Beheading of St Paul, c. 1650, Marble statue, height: 286 cm, San Paolo Maggiore, Bologna

 Zuccaro, Taddeo

• The Martyrdom of Saint Paul, ca. 1557–1558, Drawing, Italian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gustave Doré

• St. Paul Preaching to the Thessalonians

Unknown

• Paul's Decapitation, bas relief on Tomb of Pope Sixtus IV, 15th century, stèle du tombeau du pape Sixte IV, datant du XV°, Paul est représenté lors de sa décapitation, supplice réservé aux seuls citoyens romains.
• Philippian Jailer with Paul and Silas, 1900s religious illustration.
• Initial S: The Conversion of Saint Paul. Attributed to Pisanello, illuminator; Attributed to Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, illuminator, Italian, probably the Veneto, possibly Verona, about 1440 - 1450, Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and silver leaf on parchment, 5 ⁹/₁₆ x 3 ¹/₂ in, MS. 41, VERSO. Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

PANNINI, Giovanni Paolo

• Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins, 1744, Oil on canvas, 64 x 83,5 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Dürer, Albrecht

• The Four Holy Men (Mark and Paul), 1526, Oil on panel, 215 x 76 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Detail of Paul.

Shields, Frederic James (British painter, 1833-1911)

• St. Paul the Aged, stands over an olive tree and Pan, from the painting in the Chapel of the Ascension, Bayswater Road, London, completed 1910. Chapel was destroyed by enemy action in WWII.

Pier Francesco Sacchi (c. 1485-1528), Saint Paul Writing (1520s), oil on poplar, 106 x 81.9 cm. The National Galary, Trafalgar Square, London.

Valentin de Boulogne (ca 1594-1632) or Nicolas Tournier (1590-1638), Saint Paul Writing His Epistles (1620), oil. Blaffer Foundation Collection, Houston, TX.

Valentin de Boulogne (ca 1594-1632) or Nicolas Tournier (1590-1638), Saint Paul Writing His Epistles (1620), oil. Blaffer Foundation Collection, Houston, TX.

Catacomb Paintings and Inscriptions

St. Paul, Catacombs of Praetextatus, fresco, fourth century.

Catacomb picture of Peter and Paul with the Chi-Rho symbol between them. Gravestone for the boy Asellus. Marble catacomb inscription, Pio Cristiano: Vatican Museum

Orthodox Icons

• nivki.orthodoxy.ru
• Turkey site
• Apostle Paul. Icon. Detail. Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Russia
• Wall Painting in the Church of St Demetrius of Salonica, Russia.
• St. Paul icon, SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, South River, NJ

Ravenna Mosaics (6th to 7th century)

• Circular mosaic of Paul
• Saint Paul with his book (rotulus), Arian Baptistry, Ravenna.
• Saint Paul, Archbishop Andrea's palace chapel, Ravenna.

Medallion of St. Paul, Siena, c. 1320 ( copper with enamel and gilding, diameter 5.9 cm).

Tondo with Saint Paul, Assisi, Upper Basilica.

Saints Peter and Paul baptizing their jailers, bas-relief carving in Mamertine Prison (Rome's state prison) above the altar.

Apostelen Paulus er kirkens verne- helgen og står her med sverdet (som han led martyr- døden med). ST. PAUL MENIGHET, BERGEN

The Decapitation of St. Paul (right panel), The Stefaneschi Polyptich - Il Polittico Stefaneschi. executed for the altar of the Basilica of San Pietro

Attributed to Pieter van Mol, St. Paul, oil on panel, 26.4 x 20.3", sold at Sotheby's London, 4/16/1997.

Baron von Lind, St Paul in Prison, 19 x 12, Oil on Board, $2,000, Also available in Print. Modern painter in the European style.

Saint Paul Window VIII, Paul in Bonds in Prison, Martyrdom, Jesus Receiving Paul, St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, CA, from Judson Studios of South Pasadena, CA. Eight St. Paul stained glass windows total of Paul's life.

From Ecole Initiative

• Anonymous Greek fresco (XII Century): The Embrace of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatopedi Monastery, Mt. Athos ---Hellenic Ministry of Culture
• Anonymous Roman carving: Sts. Peter and Paul from the gravestone of the boy Asellus ---Christus Rex
• Anonymous Roman mosaic (XIII Century): St. Paul ---Christus Rex
• Breviary of Martin of Aragon (XV Century): St. Paul --- BNF Breviary of Martin of Aragon (XV Century): St. Paul --- BNF
• Breviary of Martin of Aragon (XV Century): St. Paul --- BNF
• Breviary of Martin of Aragon (XV Century): Conversion of St. Paul --- BNF Breviary of Martin of Aragon (XV Century): St. Paul preaching to the Romans --- BNF
• John of Berry's Petites Heures (XIV Century): Sts. Peter and Paul Baptizing --- BNF
• Correggio: Apostles Peter and Paul ---Web Gallery of Art
• Daddi, Bernardo: St. Paul ---National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
• Lippi, Filippino: St.Paul Visits St. Peter in Prison ---Web Gallery of Art
• Tiepolo: The Parting of Sts. Peter and Paul ---National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
• Xanto Avelli, Francesco (attributed): The Conversion of Saul (earthenware bowl) ---National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA

Collections

• Internet Resources for Pauline Studies, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Brian K. Peterson.
• Links to Images of St. Paul, The Text This Week lectionary site.
• Christian Theological School, image library, Images from Acts, b&w

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Copyright of artwork. Much, but not all, of the artwork linked to on this site is in the public domain worldwide due to the date of death of its author (if it is was published outside of the U.S. and the author has been dead for over 70 years), or due to its date of publication (if it was first made public in the U.S. before 1923), at least in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.), in Germany, and in many other countries.

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