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Description: | Saint Paul the Hermit is represented as an elderly, bearded man covered only with a loincloth made of leaves and seated at the entrance of his cave. The painting reproduces the first plate from Solitudo sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum, which was engraved by Jan and Raphael Sadeler after drawings by Maarten de Vos. The print illustrates the daily visit of a raven that miraculously fed the Saint in the wilderness. In this image, the painter copied the empty bowl at Saint Paul's feet, his praying gesture and his eyes turned to the left, but he omitted the bird. | Subjects: | religion (St Paul the Hermit) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sadeler family (Flemish printmakers, active 16th-17th centuries) Æ After After Vos, Maarten de (Flemish painter, 1532-1603) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8967... | Go to resource |
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