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Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god Wall Art
ART BY: Sir James Thornhill
Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god Wall Art
ART BY: Sir James Thornhill
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About this artwork
Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god is a picture by Sir James Thornhill (1675–1734), dated 1791. The artist is catalogued as English. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 3850 × 6000 px (4.8 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Rococo, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 51 works by Sir James Thornhill, a British artist.
Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the paintings on the inside of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and works at Hampton Court Palace, Chatsworth House and Wimpole Hall.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Sir James Thornhill →
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Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
