Emilian School
The Deliverance of Saint Peter
About this artwork
The subject is taken from the Acts of the Apostles (XII, 1-10) and shows St Peter being liberated from prison by an angel. Despite the picture’s high quality and distinctive style, no convincing attribution has yet been found for it. It appears to date from the mid-seventeenth century.
Updated before 2020
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title:The Deliverance of Saint Peter
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date created:17th century
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:108.00 x 94.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased by the RI 1840; transferred 1859
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accession number:NG 19
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Emilian School
Emilian School
If the identity of an artist who made a painting is not known, the work is often described as belonging to a regional school. This is because it appears to share stylistic characteristics with paintings by artists from that region. A painting of the Emilian school means that it is probably by an artist working in the northern Italian province of Emilia.