Currently not on view
Saint Peter,
mid-14th century
Circle of Nardo di Cione, Italian, ca. 1320–1365/6
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The pointed-arch frame of this fragment indicates that it originally served as a gable of an altarpiece. Viewers would have instantly recognized Saint Peter, depicted with a book and holding the keys given to him by Jesus with the charge, “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. . .” (Matthew 16:19).
Information
Title
Saint Peter
Dates
mid-14th century
Maker
Circle of Nardo di Cione
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
47.4 × 22.5 cm (18 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Millard Meiss, Class of 1926 and Margaret L. Meiss
Object Number
y1994-64
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Agnew, London (in 1944); Knoedler, New York (sold to Meiss); Millard and Margaret L. Meiss (until 1994; gift to Princeton University Art Museum).
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Hedy B. Landman, European and American art from Princeton alumni collections, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1972).
, P. 141, no. 116 (illus.) - Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 79 (illus.)
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1994," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 54, no. 1 (1995): p. 40-79., pp. 63–64
