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Saint Peter as Pope

Maker

Lippo Vanni (Artists)
1344-1375 (active)

Title

Saint Peter as Pope

Date of Production

c. 1365

Medium

tempera on panel, integral frame with a gabled top

Dimensions

Height: 74.1 cm (panel)
Width: 32.9 cm (panel)
Depth: 3.2 cm (panel)

Accession Number

P.1966.GP.469

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

Lippo Vanni started his career producing finely painted images in manuscripts. A similar precision is evident here in Saint Peter’s delicately painted flesh, expressive wrinkles and intricate robes.

The keys, inscribed ‘Authority’ and ‘Discernment’ in Latin, are the symbolic keys to heaven, which Christ entrusted to Peter. The saint in the small disc above holds a book, indicating that he is one of the four writers of the Gospels. His three companions must have featured on the other panels of a large altarpiece of which this work is a fragment.

Provenance

Bought by Thomas Gambier Parry at the Davenport Bromley Sale, Christie's 12 f.vi.1863, (lot 126) as Duccio; by descent to Mark Gambier-Parry; Gambier-Parry Bequest 1966

Exhibition History

Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350, National Gallery, London, 08/03/2025-22/06/2025

The Courtauld at the National Gallery, National Gallery, London, 27/03/2019-05/08/2019

The Gambier-Parry Collection, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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