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Painting of a haloed bearded man in green and red robes holding a sword and a book, standing on a gilded base before a distant landscape.

Saint Paul with Sword and Book, Panel Painting

A bearded, haloed man in green and red robes stands on an ornate gilded base, holding a closed book in his right hand and a tall, hilted sword in his left. Behind him a pale green landscape with a winding river and distant town recedes to the horizon.

Artist
attributed to Macrino d' Alba
Date
1490-1527
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1772 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1527.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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