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"description": "Duke Albert of Sachsen-Teschen (according to cma files). Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 1259-60, not stamped, according to cma files). Otto Burchard (according to cma files). [Heinrich Eisemann, London].",
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"did_you_know": "In order to create the arch at the top of this sheet, which is almost a foot high, the artist added an additional sheet of paper.",
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"description": "Jacob Jordaens was a prominent artist working in Antwerp in the 17th century. Though influenced in his use of powerful forms and vibrant color by his contemporary, Peter Paul Rubens, Jordaens was notably more realist in his tendencies. This drawing and its companion drawing in the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection (1954.367) are studies for a painting depicting the Conversion of St. Paul that Jordaens made for the the abbey church at Tongerlo, near Antwerp, in around 1647 (now lost). According to the Bible, in the year following the death of Jesus Christ, Saul of Tarsus (who became Saint Paul) was on the road to Damascus. He was suddenly surrounded by a brilliant light from above, heard the voice of Christ, and became a believer. In this work, Jordaens illustrated the climactic moment when Saul is thrown to the ground by the force of Christ's voice and blinding light. Jordaens used a combination of chalks and wet media such as ink and watercolor to create a swirling mass of bodies bathed in light.",
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"citation": "Hulst, Roger Adolf d'. De tekeningen van Jakob Jordaens: bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van de XVIIe-eeuwse kunst in de zuidelijke Nederlanden. Brussel: AWlsk, Paleis der academie\u0308n, 1956.",
"page_number": "p. 249, p. 251, fig. 166, pp. 373-74, no. 128,",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry S. \"The Conversion of St. Paul by Jacob Jordaens Two Drawings in Washes and Chalks.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 2 (1957): 19-22.",
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"url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25142183."
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"citation": "Roberts-Jones, Philippe, and Leo Van Puyvelde. Le sie\u0300cle de Rubens: [exposition], Muse\u0301es royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Bruxelles, 15 octobre-12 de\u0301cembre 1965. 1965.",
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"citation": "Jaff\u00e9, Michael. \"Jordaens Drawings at Antwerp and Rotterdam.\" The Burlington Magazine 108, no. 765 (1966): 625-30.",
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"citation": "Hulst, Roger Adolf d'. Tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens. 1593-1678. [Tentoonstelling]. Rubenshuis, Antwerpen, 8 oct.-4 dec. 1966; Museum Boymansvan Beuningen, Rotterdam, 17 dec. 1966-5 feb. 1967. [Antwerpen]: [Rubenshuis], 1966.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n175"
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"citation": "Logan, Anne-Marie S. Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens: Selected Works from American Collections. Wellesley, Mass: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, 1993.",
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"citation": "Devisscher, Hans, Nora de Poorter, Roger Adolf d' Hulst, and M. Vandenven. Jacob Jordaens, 1593-1678. Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, 1993.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.",
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