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The image is made by cutting lines into the surface of a flat piece of metal, inking the plate and then transferring the ink held in the lines onto a sheet of paper.<br><br><b>Source</b><br>The print  is entitled <i>The Conversion of Saint Paul</i>. It is a copy of another engraving based on a painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. The original oil painting dates from  around 1621, and the V&A print was made sometime between then and 1657, when the publisher, Pierre Mariette, died.<br><br>The painting was in Berlin but was destroyed during the Second World War. An oil sketch of the same subject but with some differences in the composition, is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.<br><br><b>Subject Depicted</b><br>This print depicts a dramatic event  in the life of the apostle Paul described the Bible (Acts 9:1-9). Paul was Jewish by race but inherited Roman citizenship from his father. He was riding to Damascus to obtain authorisation from the synagogue to arrest Christians when he was blinded by a light from heaven, which also caused him to fall to the ground.  He and his companions heard the voice of God asking him why he was persecuting Christians. Paul was later baptised as a Christian, and together with Peter,  was seen as one of the joint founders of the Christian Church.","physicalDescription":"Conversion of St. Paul; From the picture by Rubens in the Pinakothek at Munich; A copy of the print by Schelte Bolswert, see DYCE.2265; Engraving print on paper; Signed '<i>Ragot fecit cum Priuilegio Regis</i>'.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ragot, François","id":"A8767"},"association":{"text":"printmaker","id":"AAT25164"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Rubens, Peter Paul","id":"A8810"},"association":{"text":"painter (artist)","id":"AAT25136"},"note":"after"},{"name":{"text":"Mariette, Pierre (I)","id":"A9581"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"x32600"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Bolswert, Schelte","id":"A31397"},"association":{"text":"printmaker","id":"AAT25164"},"note":"copy of a print by"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving (printing process)","id":"AAT53225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"engraving print on paper","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM6090"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56D","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA17","shelf":"","box":"12"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1650-70","earliest":"1650-01-01","latest":"1670-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"DYCE.2265","id":"O1156392"},"association":"Source"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Rev. 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A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce</u>. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. 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