Paul and Barnabas at Lystra - 1845
The citizens of Lystra (Hatunsaray in Turkey) decided to offer a sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas who had cured a lame man. After witnessing the miracle the Lystrians assumed that the two preachers were the gods Jupiter and Mercury. This did not please Paul and Barnabas who attempted to persuade the gathering crowd that they are messengers of the one true God. Raphael's composition centres on the executioner, axe raised ready to dispatch the sacrificial ox. A man in robes seems to hear the pleads of the two Apostles and reaches out in an attempt to halt the sacrifice.
Print dated 1845.
Dimensions (Frame): 190mm x 233mm
The citizens of Lystra (Hatunsaray in Turkey) decided to offer a sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas who had cured a lame man. After witnessing the miracle the Lystrians assumed that the two preachers were the gods Jupiter and Mercury. This did not please Paul and Barnabas who attempted to persuade the gathering crowd that they are messengers of the one true God. Raphael's composition centres on the executioner, axe raised ready to dispatch the sacrificial ox. A man in robes seems to hear the pleads of the two Apostles and reaches out in an attempt to halt the sacrifice.
Print dated 1845.
Dimensions (Frame): 190mm x 233mm
The citizens of Lystra (Hatunsaray in Turkey) decided to offer a sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas who had cured a lame man. After witnessing the miracle the Lystrians assumed that the two preachers were the gods Jupiter and Mercury. This did not please Paul and Barnabas who attempted to persuade the gathering crowd that they are messengers of the one true God. Raphael's composition centres on the executioner, axe raised ready to dispatch the sacrificial ox. A man in robes seems to hear the pleads of the two Apostles and reaches out in an attempt to halt the sacrifice.
Print dated 1845.
Dimensions (Frame): 190mm x 233mm