Saint Peter Repentant
1645
Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652)
European Painting and Sculpture
Saint Peter Repentant, 1645. Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652). Oil on canvas; framed: 140.3 x 119.1 x 7 cm (55 1/4 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 114 x 95 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.454 The rooster next to Peter is a reference to Jesus's prediction that Peter will betray him, stating: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times."
- Maker/Artist
- La Tour, Georges de
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 140.3 x 119.1 x 7 cm (55 1/4 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 114 x 95 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed upper right: Georgs delaTour Invet et Pin / 1645
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1951.454
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Exhibitions
- In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Georges de La Tour, Georges de la Tour and His World: Masterpieces in Focus, Georges de la Tour (1593-1652), The Light of Truth. Caravaggio, La Tour, Rembrandt, Zurbarán, Georges de la Tour, Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Georges de la Tour, <em>Caravaggio and His Followers</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 217 Italian Baroque
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