Revealed Religion : Benjamin West. 086a of 100 Bible images

by phillipmedhurst

086a Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians
086a Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left panel of The Conversion of Saint Paul)

Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left panel of The Conversion of Saint Paul). 1786. Oil on canvas. Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Amherst. Paul is presented as a Roman soldier who persecuted Christians. The painting is one of two large, finished studies West created (the other is in the Dallas Museum of Art) for a window in St. Paul’s Church in Birmingham, England.