The Denial of St. Peter
European Art
The Denial of St. Peter
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Nicolas Tournier
French, 1590–1638
French, 1590–1638
Date
ca. 1630
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession #
1986.52
Dimensions
63 x 95 inches
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 2, Gallery 204
Description
This painting depicts the Apostle Peter’s moment of spiritual crisis when he denies being a follower of Jesus. Peter, distinguished from the others by his old-fashioned dress, points to himself and raises a hand in a gesture of refutation, fulfilling Jesus’s prediction that he would deny him three times. Tournier, a French painter who spent seven years studying in Rome, used dramatic light and shade to instill the scene with emotional intensity and pathos.
Credit
Gift of the Members Guild in honor of its 20th anniversary and in memory of Mr. Robert W. Woodruff on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Coca-ColaCheck This Out
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