An Elderly Man as Saint Paul
Rembrandt van Rijn (1659 (probably))
Rembrandt’s An Elderly Man as Saint Paul stages a profound meditation on <strong>thought joined to faith</strong>, cupping light around a weathered face and folded hands that hover above a scholar’s book. A veiled <strong>sword</strong> and faint <strong>roundel of the Sacrifice of Isaac</strong> deepen the painting’s argument that conviction, text, and trial cohere in Pauline wisdom <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
