Saint Peter

c. 1507

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Associated Names
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Artist, Italian, active c. 1490 - 1525 or after

The image shows a bearded man standing. He is facing slightly to his left, with his left leg bent at the knee and his right hand holding a key with a cross-shaped top. The man has a halo around his head. He has rugged facial features with a prominent beard and long, wavy hair falling to his shoulders. He is wearing a draped robe with layered fabric folding over his left arm and covering his entire body down to his feet. He wears sandals, and next to his left foot on the ground is a large, closed book. The background is plain with a small plant or bush depicted on the left side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 19.8 x 12.1 cm (7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.39, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 204.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.91.

Wikidata ID

Q65020150

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