Title

'Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost', 19th century. Creator: W Holl.

Caption

'Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost', 19th century. Biblical scene, Acts 5: 10: 'Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.' Ananias and his wife Sapphira die suddenly after lying to the Holy Spirit about money. Sapphira is convicted by St Peter and falls dead at the feet of the apostles. Engraving after 'The Death of Sapphira', painting of c1652 by Nicolas Poussin in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F35_008

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

64.8Mo (9.2Mo) / 48.8cm x 33.2cm / 5766 x 3926 (300dpi)

Keywords

female woman people male man men religious baby babies fall religion guy belief faith lying dramatic ghost death dying Christianity Judaism Jewish saint fallen century gesturing falling st paul concept apostles hand gesture st john dishonest 17th century phantom New Testament apostle 19th century B W nineteenth century St Peter seventeenth century The Print Collector Sapphira Nicolas Poussin engraving W Holl Holl W Poussin Nicolas Nicholas Poussin