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Description: | St Peter is depicted at three-quarter length against a dark background. His keys, his usual attribute, hang from the rope tied around his waist. A strong light strikes the figure from the upper left, exposing his wrinkled face and the dirt under his fingernails. The earthy palette, strong chiaroscuro (extreme contrasts of light and dark) and uncompromising realism recall works by Ribera, a Spaniard who worked in Naples from 1616 and frequently painted hermits, anchorites or prophets in a similar Caravaggesque manner. | Subjects: | religion (St Peter) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) Æ Attributed to school of Attributed to manner of Italian (Neapolitan) School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8559... | Go to resource |
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