The Denial of Saint Peter
Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588-1629)
c. 1626
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
For this depiction of Peter denying that he is a follower of Jesus (seen under arrest in the background at right), Utrecht artist Hendrick ter Brugghen embraced the strong contrast of light and shadow and emotional urgency popularized by Italian painter Caravaggio. The dancing sparks of the fire illuminate the servant’s condemnatory finger and shroud the fearful saint in shadow, underlining the Dutch taste for naturalistic treatments of lighting in the 17th century.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 132.3 × 178 cm (51 5/8 × 69 5/8 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 1 exhibition
Provenance
- Reedtz-Thott collection, Guanø Castle near Næstved, Denmark, by ca. 1750.
- Baron Kjeld Thor Tage Otto Reedtz -Thott (died 1923), 2nd Baron Guanø, Guanø Castle, Denmark by at least 1914; by decent to Baron Axel Reedtz-Thott, Guanø Castle, Denmark; sold by him to a London dealer in the late 1960’s.
- Wildenstein and Company, New York, by 1968; sold to the Art Institute in 1969.
Exhibitions
- Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Art, Sinners and Saints, Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and His Dutch and Flemish Followers, September 27-December 13, 1998, cat. by Denis P. Weller et al.; traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Museum, January 29-April 18, 1999, and Dayton, Ohio, The Dayton Art Institute, May 8-July 18, 1999.
