Saint Peter (El Greco) Explained

Saint Peter
Artist:El Greco
Year:1608
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:207
Width Metric:105
City:San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid).
Museum:Monasterio del Escorial

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.

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.

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