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 Bible Art

The Conversion of Paul
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
 1567    Painting

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A mountainous forest landscape dominates Bruegel's painting The Conversion of Paul. Moving in a diagonal sweep from the center foreground to the right background, a crowd of people, including a number of soldiers in armor, swarm into a gap in the rockface. In the left background, behind the crest of the mountain, a calm body of water stretches away. 

this painting is oil on wood and is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria 

The Conversion of St. Paul
Artist: Caravaggio
 1600-01    Painting

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This is one of two paintings by Caraggaio on the same subjet=ct, the conversion of Paul.

The painting records the moment when Saul of Tarsus, on his way to Damascus to annihilate the Christian community there, is struck blind by a brilliant light and hears the voice of Christ saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?...And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid, but they heard not the voice..." (Acts 22:6-11). Elsewhere Paul claims to have seen Christ during a vision, and it is on this basis that he grounds his claim be recognized as an Apostle: "Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?"                   (I Corinthians 9:1).

This oil on cypress wood painting measures 237 cm × 189 cm (93 in × 74 in) and is housed in the  
Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome, Italy.