Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter or The Delivery of the Keys is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Giambattista Pittoni, from c. 1730–1735. It is held in the Louvre Museum, in Paris.[1] It shows a scene from Matthew 16: 18-20 – other depictions of the same subject by the artist are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours and Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.[2]
References edit
- ^ (in French) "Le Christ donnant les clefs du Paradis à saint Pierre, numero d'inventaire 563". louvre.fr.
- ^ "Pittoni, Christ's Charge to St Peter". art.uk.
Bibliography edit
- (in Italian) Sergeĭ Androsov, Lorenzo Zichichi, L'Hermitage dello Zar Nicola I: capolavori acquisiti in Italia, Ed. Il cigno GG Ed., 2007, ISBN 887831207X
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