Saint Peter
This painting depicts a man with light skin, white hair, and a white beard wearing an orange cloth draped over a dark-blue garment with gold embroidery around the shoulder and neckline. He holds two large red keys in his left hand, and a thin, red, cross-topped rod in his right hand. There is a faint outline of a halo around the man's head, which is slightly turned to the right. The background is gold, enclosed within a red, white, and black patterned border.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- tempera on panel
- Dimensions
- painted surface (top of gilding): 61.5 × 34.5 cm (24 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.) painted surface (including painted border): 64.2 × 34.5 cm (25 1/4 × 13 9/16 in.) overall: 66.2 × 36.6 × 1 cm (26 1/16 × 14 7/16 × 3/8 in.)
- Department
- CIS-R
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Saints Metadata · 100%
The catalog title identifies the subject as Saint Peter.
Styles and Movements
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Medieval Art Metadata · 98%
The work is dated circa 1310, placing it within the medieval period.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%
The painted border contains repeated scrolling and geometric ornament, with additional gold embroidery on the garment.
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Cracked Visual · 99%
Extensive craquelure is visible across the gilded ground, garments, and figure.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 100%
The work is cataloged as a painting.
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Tempera Metadata · 100%
The catalog specifies tempera on panel.
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Gold Leaf and Gilding Both · 99%
The dimensions refer to the top of gilding, and the image visibly shows a luminous gold ground.
Time Periods
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1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date is circa 1310.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Christian Art and Architecture Both · 99%
The title identifies Saint Peter, and the image presents a haloed figure holding Christian attributes.
Source & rights
Grifo di Tancredi. Saint Peter. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.