Saint Peter. Tempera painting by a Spanish painter, 14th century.

Date:
[between 1300 and 1399?]
Reference:
45995i
Part of:
Sacred subjects: episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Tempera and oil paintings, 13-- and ca. 1600.
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Description

Saint Peter the Apostle, identified from his attribute, the key which he holds in his left hand. In a panel below, stars. From ca. 1600 to ca. 1968 the painting was covered with an outer layer, painted in oil, which showed a different portrayal of Saint Peter standing in a niche and holding the key in his right hand and a book in his left; flowers below. This outer layer was destroyed ca. 1968 on the ground that the inner paintings were more interesting from an art-historical point of view

Publication/Creation

[between 1300 and 1399?]

Physical description

1 painting : tempera on wood ; wood 113 x 29.5 cm

Notes

One of a set of paintings (for the set see record no. 43771i in the Wellcome Library catalogue). They are painted on four pieces of wood: each piece is painted on both sides. Each side was painted twice: first possibly in the 14th century, in tempera, and then in the 16th or 17th century the tempera paintings were painted over with oil paintings. The inner layer (in tempera) depicts episodes in the New Testament, and the outer layer (in oil) depicts episodes in the New Testament, apostles, saints, and martyrdoms. Some parts of the outer layer have been destroyed

Reference

Wellcome Collection 45995i

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