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Acta Apostolorum - Rare first state
Etching on laid paper - Signed on the print Maarten van Heemskerck invent Philippus Gallus fecit.
Image size approx. 20x24 cm on sheet approx. 24x30 cm. on laid paper without watermark.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700.
The print represents Paul's electrocution on the road to Damascus. The main scene, however, is not the usual fall from a horse following the explosion of light. In the background the miraculous events but in the center a St. Paul bent by the exceptionality of the event who no longer sees anything. His travel companions must hold his hand so that he can continue his journey, which from now on will be completely different. No longer will Saul be led here by the hand, but Paul will take the new religion by the hand and bring it into the world. 67561595
