3972B

Saint Paul shaking the serpent into the fire (Acts 28: 3-5)

Artist: Bernardo Rodríguez
Title: Saint Paul shaking the serpent into the fire (Acts 28: 3-5)
Date: 1802-1803
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Catedral, Quito, Ecuador.
Photo Source: Stratton-Pruitt 2012, cat 79c.
Correspondence Credit: Vargas 1967, 314.
Note: According to Father Vargas, Bernardo Rodríguez owned a copy of a bible illustrated by 3972A (possibly a Spanish version of the bible mentioned in the fiche for 3972A). This copy, at one point in the collection of Roberto Páez, bears the following inscription on the first page. Soy de Bernardo Rodríguez de la Parra y Jaramillo. Costó 58 pesos. See Vargas 1967, 314 and Fernández Salvador in Stratton-Pruitt 2012.
Item: 3972B