Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
The Conversion of Saul
| Date | 1509 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | engraving |
| Size（cm） | 28.6 x 4.1 |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch 107; Lavalleye 32 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.1990-0039 |
Saul is the name of Saint Paul prior to his conversion. Before he was converted, he was a zealous persecutor of the Christians. At the rear left, Saul is depicted struck by a sudden light and also he is shown amidst the group in the front, having lost light and following the people on their way to Damascus. In this work, van Lyden chose the classic method of narrating a story by capturing two different incidents in the same scene and deliberately depicted the dramatic scene as a secondary theme. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Robert-Dumensil (Lugt 2200) ; Paul Prouté, Paris; Purchased by the NMWA, 1991.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 57
- 2011
- Fantastic Nature: Northern Prints before Rembrandt, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2011 - 12 June 2011, cat. no. 33
Bibliography
- 1925
- Friedländer, Max J. Lucas van Leyden. Leipzig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, [1925] (Meister der Graphik, Bd. 13), Taf. XXIV.
- 1966
- Lavalleye, Jacques. Lucas van Leyden, Pieter Bruegel d. Ä: Das gesamte graphische Werk. Wien/München, Schroll, 1966 , pl. 32.
- 1983
- Lucas van Leyden: das Graphische Werk im Kupferstich-Kabinett zu Dresden (exh. cat.). Dittrich, Christian, ed. Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1983 , cat. no. 27, pl. 11.
- 1994
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 25-26 (April 1990-March 1992), 1994, List of New Acquisitions. p. 47.