Cleveland Museum of Art
The Denial of Peter
Peter WtewaelLinkedCulture matchlcp-9a188f3ad0a9
- Date
- c. 1624–28
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 146724
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Wtewael depicted the moment after the Last Supper when the apostle Peter (at the left) denied knowing Jesus in order to protect himself from Roman soldiers searching for Christ's followers. Few works by this artist are known, and he draws on an unusual combination of styles. The dramatic use of light derives from Dutch followers of the Italian painter Caravaggio, in vogue around 1625, while the twisting bodies, startlingly low viewpoint, and tight detailing come from a more refined, courtly mode more popular earlier in the century.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Provenance
- [L.A. Houthakker, Amsterdam, 1970], sold to Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. | Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.
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