Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta (Q18574087)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Baroque (Q37853)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Laurent de La Hyre (Q59894)
collection:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
owned by:
St Joseph's College, Upholland (Q7593835)
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location of final assembly:
France (Q142)
depicts:
Acts 28 (Q16161018)
Paul the Apostle (Q9200)
snake (Q2102)
man (Q8441)
white people (Q235155)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/saint-paul-shipwrecked-on-malta/
information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog
description: La Hyre was an innovative artist, often using his superior skills as a storyteller to narrate rarely depicted subjects. Here La Hyre illustrated Acts 28:1-6. Paul was in the custody of soldiers on a ship bound for Rome. A shipwreck occurred off the coast of Malta and a fire was made for the survivors. Roused by the heat of the fire, a snake fastened onto Paul’s hand. The local inhabitants initially concluded he must be a murderer and was receiving retribution, but when Paul did not get sick they decided instead he must be a god.
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