De heilige Petrus, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630

Title(s)

De heilige Petrus
S. Petre (title on object)
Christus, Maria en de apostelen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

1/13

Object number

RP-P-H-G-41

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 281
• The Illustrated Bartsch 331
• Bartsch 331

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’
• number: ‘3’

Description

De heilige Petrus met boek en sleutel. Op de achtergrond links Petrus en de krachtmeting met Simon de Tovenaar (Simon Magnus). Op de achtergrond rechts de kruisiging van Petrus.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Marcello Clodio
• Girolamo Bernerio
• Marcello Clodio

Place

Italy

Dating

1565 - 1630

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 202 mm × width 143 mm

What

• Peter in Rome; his contest with Simon Magus
• the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• Peter crucified upside down

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Antonio Tempesta, p. 183, cat.nr. 281
• Italian masters of the sixteenth century : Antonio Tempesta, p. 109, cat.nr. 331
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 135, cat.nr. 331