Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Saint Peter

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.museivaticani.va/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
6A1-LORENZ-VM-SP-A01
Rights: 
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