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Saint Peter is a 1608 oil on canvas painting produced by El Greco in Toledo towards the end of his life. It is now in the Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid.

Saint Peter
Artist	El Greco
Year	1608
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	207 cm × 105 cm (81 in × 41 in)
Location	Monasterio del Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid).

It shows the apostle standing atop a mountain holding a set of keys, referring to Christ's commission to Peter as "the rock upon which I will build my church. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 16: 18-19). The heavy drapery and the disproportion between the head and the body are typical of the artist.

Bibliography

• (in Spanish) ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
• (in Spanish) SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

External links

• "San Pedro" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.

На других языках

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- [en] Saint Peter (El Greco)

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[fr] Saint Pierre (Le Greco)

Saint Pierre est un tableau du Greco de 1608, réalisé durant sa dernière période tolédane ; il est conservé en Espagne au monastère de l'Escurial (communauté de Madrid). Il mesure 207 × 108 cm.

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[it] San Pietro (El Greco)

San Pietro è un dipinto di El Greco eseguito nel 1608 durante il suo ultimo periodo toledano e si conserva nel Monastero dell'Escorial (Madrid).

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