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Deliverance of Saint Peter

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Year
  
1514

Artist
  
Created
  
1514

Type
  
Fresco

Location
  
Raphael Rooms

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Dimensions
  
560 cm (18 ft 4 in) wide

Part of series
  
Stanze di Raffaello Frescoes

Genres
  
Christian art, History painting

Similar
  
Raphael artwork, Artwork at Raphael Rooms, Fresco

The Liberation of Saint Peter is a fresco painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael and his assistant Giulio Romano. It was painted in 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the Stanza di Eliodoro, which is named after The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple. The painting shows how Saint Peter was liberated from Herod's prison by an angel, as described in Acts 12. It is technically an overdoor.

The fresco shows three scenes in symmetrical balance formed by the feigned architecture and stairs. In the centre the angel wakes Peter, and on the right guides him past the sleeping guards. On the left side one guard has apparently noticed the light generated by the angel and wakes a comrade, pointing up to the miraculously illumined cell. This adds drama to the serene exit of Peter at the right.

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Deliverance of Saint Peter Wikipedia


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