Italian school; XVII century. "Saint Peter Penitent". Oil on canvas. It presents repainting and
Italian school; 17th century.
"Saint Peter Penitent".
Oil on canvas.
It has repainting and faults in the frame.
It has a 19th century frame.
Measurements: 125 x 93 cm; 144 x 113 cm (frame).
In this canvas we see St. Peter showing his repentance, after having denied Christ three times after his capture in the mount of Olives. The figure is worked with great naturalism, emphasising the wrinkles on the face and the expressiveness of the hands, and the tenebrist lighting used gives the figure a greater physical presence, a greater three-dimensionality and also intensity and effect. These features, as well as the range of colours used, are typical of the naturalistic Baroque of Caravaggio and Ribera, the main influences in this composition. The dramatic figure is set against a dark background of dense darkness, as if emerging from the shadows, directly illuminated by a theatrical, directed spotlight that falls directly on the saint's face and hands, leaving the rest of the figure enveloped in a nuanced half-light.
With regard to the subject depicted, Saint Peter (Bethsaida, c. 1 BC - Rome, 67) was, according to the New Testament, a fisherman, known to be one of Jesus' twelve apostles. The Catholic Church identifies him through the apostolic succession as the first Pope, based among other things on Jesus' words to him: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the power of Death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven". St. Peter could be said to have been Jesus' confessor, his closest disciple, the two being united by a very special bond, as narrated in both the canonical and apocryphal Gospels.
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Italian school; 17th century.
"Saint Peter Penitent".
Oil on canvas.
It has repainting and faults in the frame.
It has a 19th century frame.
Measurements: 125 x 93 cm; 144 x 113 cm (frame).
In this canvas we see St. Peter showing his repentance, after having denied Christ three times after his capture in the mount of Olives. The figure is worked with great naturalism, emphasising the wrinkles on the face and the expressiveness of the hands, and the tenebrist lighting used gives the figure a greater physical presence, a greater three-dimensionality and also intensity and effect. These features, as well as the range of colours used, are typical of the naturalistic Baroque of Caravaggio and Ribera, the main influences in this composition. The dramatic figure is set against a dark background of dense darkness, as if emerging from the shadows, directly illuminated by a theatrical, directed spotlight that falls directly on the saint's face and hands, leaving the rest of the figure enveloped in a nuanced half-light.
With regard to the subject depicted, Saint Peter (Bethsaida, c. 1 BC - Rome, 67) was, according to the New Testament, a fisherman, known to be one of Jesus' twelve apostles. The Catholic Church identifies him through the apostolic succession as the first Pope, based among other things on Jesus' words to him: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the power of Death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven". St. Peter could be said to have been Jesus' confessor, his closest disciple, the two being united by a very special bond, as narrated in both the canonical and apocryphal Gospels.
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