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The Denial of Saint Peter
Curator’s note

The Denial of Saint Peter

A late masterpiece painted near the end of Caravaggio’s life. Out of near-total darkness, three figures and a few gestures compress the tense instant of Peter’s denial, his rough brushwork laying bare human frailty.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date
1610
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
37 x 49 3/8 in. (94 x 125.4 cm)
On view
Gallery 620
Source:The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access)CC0View source
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