1550
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Conversion of Saint Paul is a 1550 by Pieter Coecke van Aelst, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a chaotic scene with lots of swirling figures and horses. A man on a horse is falling backward, while others around him seem to be in motion or reacting. The sky is dark with clouds, and there’s a mix of people, animals, and dramatic movement everywhere. The artist used fine lines to create depth and texture, especially in the horses’ muscles and the sky’s swirls. This kind of drawing was often used to plan larger paintings or prints. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with layers of lines.
The work is a pen and brownish-grey ink drawing with brown wash, heightened with white, on paper, created by Pieter Coecke van Aelst in 1550. It entered the museum’s collection in 1869 as part of the bequest from Rev. Alexander Dyce.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries.
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