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Sketch for 'The Conversion of Saint Paul'

Maker

(Artists)
1577-1640

Title

Date of Production

c. 1608

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 57.4 cm (panel)
Width: 80.2 cm (panel)

Accession Number

P.1978.PG.356

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

Peter Paul Rubens made this large sketch in preparation for the painting of the same name. Although the final composition changed significantly, certain key elements are already present here: the men helping the stricken Paul in the foreground; the figure restraining his horse; and the startled dog beside them. Painted quickly, the sketch allowed Rubens to jot down initial ideas. These were later developed in a large drawing, also in The Courtauld. After completing The Conversion of Saint Paul, Rubens kept both sketch and drawing in his studio as possible models for future works.

Provenance

Brussels Art Market, 1923; Franz Koenigs, Haarlem; acquired by Count Seilern in 1940 from the Koenigs Collection; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Rubens painter of Sketches, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 09/04/2018-05/08/2018; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 08/09/2018-13/01/2019

Rubens - A Master in the Making, National Gallery, London, 26/10/2005-15/01/2006

Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/09/2003-08/02/2004

Literature

Rubens - A Master in the Making, National Gallery, London, 2005-2006
cat. no. 69
no. 69 on pp. 152-54
Fig. p. p. 153

Peter Paul Rubens - A Touch of Brilliance, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2003-2004
cat. no. 12
Fig. p. pl. 12

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