Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (Leo X.) from prison just a year before his elevation to the pontificate. Engraved by Volpato.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 343; Müntz, 368; Passavant, ii. 134; Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 435; Perkins, 155.
By Velasquez, Francis Cook, Richmond Hill, Surrey, England; H. 4 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 2 in. The Saint, in yellow drapery, is being raised from the ground by an angel; on left, three guards asleep; in background, a staircase. Early work, in manner of Alonzo Cano.—Curtis, 12.
Subject treated also by Francesco Albani, Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti, Florence; II Calabrese, Dresden Museum; School of Caravaggio, Louvre; Domenichino, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome; Guercino, Madrid Museum; Gerard Honthorst, Berlin Museum; Pieter Neefs, Louvre; Spagnoletto, Dresden Museum; Rubens, Palazzo Pallavicini, Genoa; Hendrik van Steenwyck, elder (1604), Vienna Museum; Hendrik van Steenwyck, younger (1621), ib.; Valentin, Dijon Museum; Cornelis Wael, St. Ambrose, Genoa; Robert-Fleury, Salon, 1840.
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Christ's Charge to St. Peter, Pietro Perugino, Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
PETER, ST., DENIAL OF, Rembrandt,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 4 ft.
6 in. × 5 ft. St. Peter, standing before a
fire, with his left hand extended, is speaking
to a young woman on his right, who
bears a lighted candle in her hand; near
by are two soldiers, one of whom has removed
his helmet and is about to drink
from a bottle.—Smith, vii. 46.
By David Teniers, younger, Louvre, Paris; copper, H. 1 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1646. In front, four Walloon soldiers playing cards, with a fifth, standing, looking on; in background, left, St. Peter, standing, warming himself before a fireplace, against the side of which a peasant, seen from behind, is seated; a woman is interrogating the Saint, and a man behind him, with a pipe in his hand, awaits his answer; above, on the mantelpiece, the cock which crowed; background, right, soldiers going out. Collection of Louis XVI.; sale of Comte de Merle (1784), 10,320 livres. Engraved by
