print
- Museum number
- 1935,0713.1
- Description
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The Conversion of St Paul, who lies on the ground in the centre surrounded by rearing horsemen.
Woodcut printed from four blocks on four sheets assembled together
- Production date
- 1515-1550
- Dimensions
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Height: 790 millimetres
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Width: 1060 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The attribution of this print is vexed. See D.Rosand & M.Muraro, 'Titian and the Venetian Woodcut', Washington 1976, cat.13, and Bert Meijer in 'Morceaux Choisis', Paris (Collection Frits Lugt) 1994, cat.68 (that impression has the address 'In Venetia Il Vieceri'), and Horst Appuhn and Christian von Heusinger, 'Riesen Holzschnitte und Papiertapeten der Renaissance', Unterschneidheim, 1976, pp.33-34, fig.24. It has traditionally been ascribed to Boldrini after Titian. It is certainly not after Titian; and Rosand & Muraro suggest an attribution of the cutting to Ugo da Carpi and a date of c.1515-20; Appuhn and von Heusinger attribute it to the circle of Domenico Campagnola. They offer no suggestion as to who the designer might have been. Michael Bury (orally) thinks the print is a compilation of elements taken from various artists, and is much later, perhaps towards the middle of the century. It must have been made before 1547, the date of the death of Jörg Breu the Younger, who made a copy of it with the figure of God the Father substituted for a disc lettered with the name of God the Father in Hebrew, Greek and Latin (New Hollstein 12; see BM 1856,0614.136).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0713.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Malcolm Add.112
