Paul and the Viper
possibly Jehan Baleschoux (fl.1570)
Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1600 - circa 1601
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Measurements
2240 mm (H)2800 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129558.4
Summary
Painted panel. 'The Actes, Chapter XXVIII'. Paul stands before a fire of sticks from which a viper has risen and bites his finger. People stand around and watch the effect. In background Paul visits the sick Publius.
Makers and roles
possibly Jehan Baleschoux (fl.1570), painter
References
Wells-Cole 1997 Anthony Wells-Cole, Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England: the influence of continental prints, 1558-1625, New Haven & London 1997