Saint Paul

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Artist Albrecht Dürer (German, May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528)

Title Saint Paul (Der Apostel Paulus)

Date 1514

Medium Engraving on paper

Dimensions Image: 4 11/16 × 3 in. (11.9 × 7.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 11/16 × 3 in. (11.9 × 7.6 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 77.21.2

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Modeled on late medieval depictions of the Apostles, the first disciples of Jesus, Saint Paul cuts a statuesque figure, standing as he clutches a large open book to his breast. He points toward its pages with one finger as if to emphasize the power of the Gospel even as he casts a glance away in the opposite direction. In 1514, Paul was on his way to becoming one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures for the emerging Reformation movement. Conversations about Paul among Dürer’s reform-minded peers may have directly inspired his decision to create this quiet engraving of the apostle.

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Publisher Albrecht Dürer (German, May 21, 1471–April 6, 1528)

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"Saint Paul | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=77.21.2