The Conversion of St Paul
Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569
oil on canvas (108 × 156 cm) — 1567
Acts 9:4 - And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
The small figure in blue, centre-right, is Saul. He has fallen from his horse, after being struck by a bolt of lightning from heaven. Saul, an ardent prosecutor of Christians, was on his way to Damascus.
This is one of the few scenes Bruegel did not situate in a Flemish landscape. He signed it on the rock in the lower right corner with BRVEGEL MDLXVII.
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