Elymas the Sorcerer (after Raphael)
studio of Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1610 - 1645 (before)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1030 x 1340 mm
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129944
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Elymas the Sourcerer (after Raphael) possibly studio of Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648). One of a set of six copies of Raphael's cartoons (originals in the Royal Collection displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum). The Roman proconsul in Cyprus, Sergius Paulus wanted to hear the preaching of the apostles Paul and Barnabus. The sorcerer Elymas tried to dissuade him. Paul on hearing this predicted that Elymas would become blind. Elymas immediately became blind which impressed the proconsul who, ' when he saw what had happened, believed, and was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.'
Provenance
Given by Charles I to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex; brought from Copt to Knole in 1701; given to the National Trust by Major-General Sir Charles Sackville-West, 4th Lord Sackville (1870 – 1962) in 1946
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
studio of Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), artist after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), artist