Year 1660 (1660) Medium oil on canvas Artist Rembrandt Period Baroque Owner Rijksmuseum | Type painting Location Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Created 1660 Genre Christian art | |
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Subject The three acts of denial of Jesus by the Apostle Peter as described in the four Gospels of the New Testament. Dimensions 154 cm × 169 cm (61 in × 67 in) Similar Rembrandt artwork, Baroque artwork, Christian art | ||
the denial of saint peter
The Denial of Peter is a 1660 painting by Rembrandt, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Rembrandt never made a journey to Italy, as many of his contemporaries did. It is therefore thought that his treatment of themes such as the Denial derived substantially from prints based on foreign works. In this case there are two engravings, both based on paintings by the Flemish artist Gerard Seghers, which are implicated in Rembrandt's Denial. The first is by Schelte a Bolswert, the second an engraving by one A. de Paullis.
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