The Conversion of Saint Paul is an oil on cypress wood painting by the Italian painter Caravaggio, completed in 1600 to 1601 and housed in the Odescalchi Balbi private collection in Rome. It is one of at least two paintings Caravaggio made of Paul's conversion, the other being The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus in the Cerasi Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo.
Facts
Year Created LocationOdescalchi Balbi Collection, Rome 1 Commissioned ByMonsignor (later Cardinal) Tiberio Cerasi, Treasurer-General to Pope Clement VIII 1 Height (metres) Connections
Created By
Painted by Caravaggio, 1600-1601.
In Form
Painting by Caravaggio, 1600-1601.
In Movement
Caravaggio is the founding Baroque tenebrist painter; his own followers, not Caravaggio himself, are classed as Caravaggism.
Sources
1. The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
The Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul) is an oil on cypress wood painting by the Italian painter Caravaggio, from 1600-1601.
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Background section
The painting, together with a Crucifixion of Saint Peter, was commissioned by Monsignor (later Cardinal) Tiberio Cerasi, Treasurer-General to Pope Clement VIII, in September 1600.
Lead section, second sentence
It is housed in the Odescalchi Balbi private collection, in Rome.
Genre reference
The Conversion of Saint Paul is an oil on cypress wood painting by the Italian painter Caravaggio, completed in 1600 to 1601 and housed in the Odescalchi Balbi private collection in Rome.
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