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Paul Rebukes the Repentant Peter

Technical Details
  • Title
    Paul Rebukes the Repentant Peter
  • Author
    Guido Reni
  • Year
    1609 c.a
  • Dimensions
    cm 197 x 140
  • Inventory
    357
  • Room
    XXVIII

Reni here illustrates an episode from the Letter to the Galatians in which Paul rebukes Peter as he sits on the ground, tears coursing down his face. The penitential theme was perfect for the painting of the Counter-reformation with its insistence on a sacrament rejected by Protestantism. Reni, who moved to Rome in 1601 but returned frequently to Bologna, painted the picture for the Sampieri family, in whose collection it remained until 1811. Reni swings between the classicism of the Carraccis and the naturalism of Caravaggio.

Giudo Reni Coll. SAMPIERI

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