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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

Jacob Willemsz. de Wet (c.1610–c.1671)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

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De Wet worked mostly in Haarlem, painting religious and mythological subjects in a style that suggests contact with Rembrandt in the 1630s. The subject of this painting illustrates the adulation of the people of Lystra who mistook the visitors for gods after Paul had cured a cripple. On the left, Paul and Barnabas tear their clothes in dismay at this misconception (Acts 14: 11–15).

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Title

Paul and Barnabas at Lystra

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 67 x W 87 cm

Accession number

WA1907.4

Acquisition method

Presented by Miss Emily Perrin, 1907

Work type

Painting

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Jacob Willemsz. de Wet

c.1610–c.1671

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