Apostle (Saint Peter)
unknown (Neapolitan School)
Basic information
- ID
- Ж-1486
- Author
- unknown (Neapolitan School)
- Name
- Apostle (Saint Peter)
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- duplicated canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 70.5 x 61.5
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Saint Peter
- Provenance
- Collection of Leon Pininski
- Exposition
- Potocki Palace
Information about author
Object description
The iconographic bust-length portrait depicts the Chief Apostle Peter, repenting after his threefold denial of Christ. The composition is built upon a sharp lighting contrast. Against a neutral dark background appears an elderly man with a thick dark beard and a moustache. The saint's face is filled with deep spiritual pain and a plea for forgiveness. His gaze is directed upwards and to the right, towards the heavenly light.
The figure's hands play a key role in conveying his emotional state. The left hand, pressed against his chest in a tense gesture, symbolises sincere repentance. With his clenched right hand, the Apostle Peter holds his traditional attributes – the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven or a scroll.
The saint is attired in canonical garments: a blue-grey chiton and an ochre-golden himation.
The figure's hands play a key role in conveying his emotional state. The left hand, pressed against his chest in a tense gesture, symbolises sincere repentance. With his clenched right hand, the Apostle Peter holds his traditional attributes – the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven or a scroll.
The saint is attired in canonical garments: a blue-grey chiton and an ochre-golden himation.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
