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.
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.
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.
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