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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra / Paul's flight from Damascus
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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra / Paul's flight from Damascus

anonymous · 1591 - 1600 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two scenes on an album sheet. On the left, Paul and Barnabas. They had healed a paralyzed man. The priest of the temple of Jupiter and his followers wanted to offer bulls as a sacrifice, believing Paul and Barnabas to be Mercury and Jupiter in human form. Paul, horrified, tears his clothes to prevent this. On the right, Paul is lowered in a basket over the city wall by his disciples to avoid persecution by the Jews. Below both scenes is a two-line Latin inscription. The sheet is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePaulus en Barnabas te Lystra / Paulus' vlucht uit Damascus. 1591 - 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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