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The Liberation of Saint Peter

Maker

(artist)
1523-1605

(publisher)
1600-1676

Title

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Date of Production

1582

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 26.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2958.23

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner within image, black ink: "D. PETRVS PER ANGELVM E // CARCERE EDVCITVR Act.12"; lower centre edge, black ink: "Jo. Strada. inue. // Io. Galleus. excu. // 23. // Clauditur obscuro dum Petrus carcere, lumen // Angelus ex astris infert, sua vincula postes // Laxant, et cedunt diuino ferrea Petro // Ostia, ab occluso celebrantur gaudia cetu. Acto. Cap.12.7.".

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