Revealed Religion : Benjamin West. 087 of 100 Bible images

by phillipmedhurst

67. The Conversion of Saint Pau
087 The Conversion of Saint Paul (center); Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left); and Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right)

The Conversion of Saint Paul (center); Saint Paul Persecuting the Christians (left); and Ananias Restoring Saint Paul’s Sight (right). c 1786. Oil on canvas. Framed dimensions: 58 x 49 ins (147.32 x 124.46 cms). Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. This is the earliest and smallest of two versions of the subject by West. (He painted the later, sketchier treatment, now at Amherst, in response to the acclaim with which this altarpiece was greeted when it was exhibited in London at the Royal Academy.)