Artwork of St. Peter the Apostle
Collected by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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Anthony Van Dyke
(Flemish painter,1599-1641) Penitent Apostle Peter (1617-1618),
Oil on canvas, Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia.
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There are many depictions of St. Peter over the centuries. These are some of my favorites.
St. Peter, from a mosaic icon in naves of the Patriarchal
Basilica of St. Paul: Outside the Wall, The Vatican.
St. Peter
the Apostle, St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai probably from
Constantinople mid-6th to early 7th century, encaustic painting
on wood, 36.5" x 21".
Another.
"St Peter Healing the Sick with his Shadow," by Masaccio
(1401-1427?), the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance.
This is part of a series in fresco for the Brancacci Chapel in
Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence (about 1427). It depicts an
event in Peter's life described in Acts 5:15.
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), "Jesus Washing Peter's Feet"
(1508-1509), The Small Passion series, small woodcut, 12.7 x 10
cm., British Museum, London.
"Crucifixion of Peter" (1481-82) by Florentine painter
Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), fresco, 230 x 598 cm., Cappella
Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy.
Michelangelo (1475-1564),
detail from "The Last Judgment" (1534-41), fresco altarpiece
at one end of the Sistene Chapel, Vatican, Rome. St. Peter is
identified by the keys he is carrying, a reference to Matthew
16:19.
"The Crucifixion of St. Peter" (1600-1601) is portrayed by
Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610)
with dramatic lighting, oil on canvas, 2300mm x 1750mm, Cerasi
Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528),
"St Peter and St
John Healing the Cripple" (1513), engraving, 118 x 74 mm,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Gustave Dore,
St. Peter Delivered from Prison (Acts 12:7-8)
"St. Peter Freed from Prison," by Florentine painter
Filippino Lippi (1457-1504), fresco, 230 x 88 cm, Cappella
Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence.
"St. Peter Denying Christ," by French book illustrator Paul
Gustav Doré (1832-1883), engraving, 200x245 mm.
St. Peter, fresco fragments, Rome, second half of the 13th
century, 39 cm high, 27.6 cm wide.
St. Peter with Keys, marble statue in the Antwerp Cathedral.
Rembrandt Hamerszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter
- The
Apostle Peter (1632), oil on canvas, 81.3 x 66.2 cm Nationalmuseum,
Stockolm.
- "St. Peter in Prison" (1631) Oil on panel, 59x47.8 cm, The Israel
Museum, Jerusalem. Peter kneels bathed in light, though his lonliness in prison is accentuated by the surrounding space.
Notice his trademark "keys to the kingdom" next to him on the
straw.
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Two Old Men Disputing (St. Peter and St. Paul in Conversation, 1628),
oil on wood, 72.4 x 59.7 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU.
Another.
"Saint Peter" (1605-1615), studio of Peter Paul Rubens, oil on
panel, 92 x 67.5 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
"Transfiguration of Christ" (ca. 1441), by Florentine painter
and Dominican friar Fra Angelico(ca. 1400-1455), Fresco, 181 x
152 cm, Museo di San Marco, Cell 6, Florence, Italy. Peter seems
to be crouching at the bottom left.
"The
Denial of St. Peter" (ca. 1525-1530) by Flemish illustrator
Simon Bening. Tempera colors and gold on parchment, 6 5/8 x 4 1/2
in., Brandenburg Prayer Book, in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los
Angeles, CA.
Fra Angelico.
Peter Martyr Enjoins Silence. c.1441. Fresco inside a monk's
cell, 108 x 145. Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.
Gerard (Gerrit) van Honthorst (1590–1656)
Hendrick Terbrugghen,
The Denial of St. Peter (c. 1628), oil on canvas, Art
Institute of Chicago
José Ribera (Guiseppe
(Jusepe) de Ribera, 1588–1652), (circle of Jose Ribera)
The Penitent Saint Peter , oil on canvas, 93 x 70.5 cm,
European private collection.
Another. A painting on this subject (c.1628-1632) is also on
display at the Art Institute of Chicago, but I can't find an
image of it online.
Anthony Van Dyke
(Flemish painter,1599-1641)
El Greco,
St. James the Less (1586-1590), Art Institute of Chicago.
Another.
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