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St Paul, Seated at a Table
Also titled De heilige Paulus, zittend aan een tafel
Jacob Symonsz Pynas (ca. –na 1)
1645
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 207 mm x width 158 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed
About this work
The apostle Paul can be recognized by his sword, which is a reference to his beheading. Here he is presented as a scholar in his study: lying on the table before him are a book, an inkpot and a pen. Several more books line the shelf behind him. The loose zigzag lines and the many dots are typical of Jacob Pynas’ drawing style. Compare this work with his much earlier drawing Round Tower and Buildings of 1616.
