Conversion on the Way to Damascus
1601 · Oil on canvas · Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Caravaggio (1571–1610)
- Year
- 1601
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 230 × 175 cm
- Collection
- Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
- Movement
- Baroque
Saul of Tarsus lies on his back on the road to Damascus, arms flung up and eyes closed, blinded by the light that has thrown him from his horse, while the great piebald animal lifts a hoof carefully over him and an old groom holds its bridle. There is no sky and no vision; the whole event happens inside the fallen man. Caravaggio painted it in 1601 for the Cerasi chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, facing his Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after a first version on panel had been refused, and the horse's rump pushed toward the altar was found scandalous. The picture is still in the chapel, lit from the window above as the painter intended, and it remains among the boldest reductions of a miracle to a single body on the ground.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A soldier flat on his back beneath a great piebald horse, in red, ochre and black, a dramatic vertical for a study, hallway or landing at 24×32 in black. Deep brown, charcoal or forest green walls suit it; pair it with The Entombment of Christ.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Baroque painting
- Era
- 17th century (1601)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×32. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
