Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Liberation of Saint Peter
Alternate Title:
Liberazione di San Pietro
Image View:
Detail, the angel leads St. Peter out of jail, in bas-relief to the left the angel visits St. Peter in jail
Creator:
Luca della Robbia (Italian sculptor, ca. 1399-1482)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo 4
GPS:
43.770423 11.257947
Date:
ca. 1439 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
78 cm (height)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
Description:
This relief, along with one showing the crucifixion of Saint Peter, must have formed part of the predella of a marble altar for that saint's chapel in Florence Cathedral. Together with an altar to Saint Paul, it was commissioned from Luca in 1439; neither work was ever finished. These reliefs are of fundamental importance for understanding Luca's interpretation of Donatello's and Masaccio's dynamics of a scene in space. (Source: Thais [website]; http://www.thais.it)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ROBBIA-MB-CAAD-A 02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Liberation of Saint Peter