Talk:The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio)

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The picture here is not of the conversion of St. Paul. The conversion of St. Paul shows a man on the ground who just fell off of a horse.

There's no consensus on the English names for M's paintings. The one you mean is in the Cerasi Chapel and is treated in this series as "Conversion on the Way to Damascus", and has its own article under that title - but in Italian it's called "Conversione di San Paolo". If you want to re-name the two paintings in these articles, and in the main Caravaggio article, go ahead, but make sure you do a thorough job and make the changes wherever the names occur. PiCo 05:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Regardless of name consensus, the controversial, landmark painting widely known as "The Conversion of St. Paul" is a significant and specific work. It is not this painting. I'll fix this when I get a chance, and when I figure out the name of this picture. This painting has been incorrectly labeled for two years! nut-meg 03:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

You'll need to make your changes here, on the article for the other painting of the conversion, on the Caravaggio article, and on the article listing the significant works of Caravaggio. You'll find a link to the list-article at the bottom of the Caravaggio article. Good luck. PiCo 06:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

________________________________________________________________________________________________The Conversion of Saint Paul painting by Caravaggio is not the one wikipedia cites in the description of Saint Paul originally of Tarsus. The Caravaggio painting of the Conversiion of Saint Paul can be seen in the Church located on Piazza Del Popolo at the beginning of via Babuino in Rome, Italy. And a good photograph can be found in any of the major 20th century art history books. Submitted by Kathleen Powers for Wikipedia 2007. ________________________________________________________________________________________________

-this comment moved from reference section of article. J. Van Meter (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)