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Saint Paul

ca. 1430
Not on view
Once attributed to Petrus Christus (1410-1472/73), this drawing on vellum has since been reassigned to an artist in the Circle of Jan van Eyck. It is one of two extant drawings in a series of the twelve Apostles. The vellum is so transparent that it is conceivable that the straight pen lines defining the contours and folds of the drapery were traced from a model and the hatching filled in afterward with point of brush. It is likely that the Lehman drawing and its prototype related to a painting, possibly a grisaille painting, rather than to sculpture.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Paul
  • Artist: Circle of Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, Maaseyck (?) 1390–Brussels 1441)
  • Date: ca. 1430
  • Culture: Netherlandish
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, point of the brush and brown ink, with purple and gold heightening in the hilt of the sword, on vellum
  • Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. (14.6 x 7.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.841
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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