St. Paul and St. Barnabus at Lystra
On View In:
Gallery 311
Artist:   Willem de Poorter  
Title:   St. Paul and St. Barnabus at Lystra  
Date:   c. 1630  
Medium:   Oil on panel  
Dimensions:   21 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (54.61 x 80.01 cm) (sight) 30 1/4 x 40 1/2 in. (76.84 x 102.87 cm) (outer frame)  
Credit Line:   The Walter H. and Valborg P. Ude Memorial Fund  
Location:   Gallery 311  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   de Poorter, Willem  
Nationality:   Dutch  
Life Dates:   Dutch, 1608 - after 1648  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature and Date LLQ, in brown: [Poorter 1636]  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   man in white with long grey beard at left center accompanied by man in mint green; both figures wear laurel wreaths; man in white stands behind an altar with burning twigs; three kneeling women at right center with chicken and gold pitcher; silver objects and branches below altar; several other kneeling figures at left; standing figures including two musicians and cow behind; ruined sculpture in LRC; sculpture on tall pedestal behind main figures; buildings close behind background figures  
Creation Place:   Europe, Holland, , ,  
Accession #:   2011.13  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts