Elymas Struck Blind by St Paul before the Proconsul Sergius Paulus
by CLOVIO, Giulio, Illumination on vellum, 325 x 224 mm
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.