CLOVIO, Giulio
(b. 1498, Grizane, d. 1578, Roma)
CLOVIO, Giulio (b. 1498, Grizane, d. 1578, Roma) |
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Elymas Struck Blind by St Paul before the Proconsul Sergius Paulus-Illumination on vellum, 325 x 224 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris | |
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The two sheets of a book, Elymas Struck Blind by St Paul before the Proconsul Sergius Paulus and The Three Theological Virtues were destined to illustrate a manuscript of Cardinal Grimani Commentaries to St Paul's Epistles to the Romans, in their 1542 version, a text which ultimately would only appear in print. In the Elymas page Giulio Clovio copied freely from one of Raphael's tapestry cartoons depicting the Acts of the Apostles. | |
