Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Saint Peter
Alternate Title:
San Pietro
Image View:
Overall view of the panel (cupboard door) with a pointed, Gothic arch and two angels
Creator:
Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian painter, active by 1306, died ca. 1348)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40163
Location Note:
Vatican Museums (Pinacoteca); Viale Vaticano
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1329 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
tabernacle (liturgical container)
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
78 cm (height) x 42 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
Description:
The panel was one of two doors of a tabernacle (a cupboard holding the consecrated Host). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivati cani.va/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-LORENZ-VM-SP-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Saint Peter