Sorcerer Elymas (Elymes, Bar-Jesus), is struck blind by St. Paul. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] c. 1700 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, below enthroned man's foot [cropped]: [PAVILVS] Sergius Paulus, Roman governor, enthroned, wears laurel wreath; surrounded by citizens holding fasces; Elymas tries to prevent SS. Paul & Barnabas from speaking, & Paul then strikes him blind This is a detail from a panel within the "Acts of the Apostles" series. The first series (at the Vatican,
Sorcerer Elymas (Elymes, Bar-Jesus), is struck blind by St. Paul. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] c. 1700 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, below enthroned man's foot [cropped]: [PAVILVS] Sergius Paulus, Roman governor, enthroned, wears laurel wreath; surrounded by citizens holding fasces; Elymas tries to prevent SS. Paul & Barnabas from speaking, & Paul then strikes him blind This is a detail from a panel within the "Acts of the Apostles" series. The first series (at the Vatican, called "Scuola Vecchia") was commissioned from Raphael for Pope Leo X in 1515 to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The original cartoons designed by Raphael for the Vatican's "Acts of the Apostles" set are currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 187-203 Fermor, Raphael Tapestry Cartoons (1996) Shearman, Raphael's Cartoons Queen's Coll. (1972)
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