St Peter's Denial, Leonaert Bramer, 1642

Identification

Title(s)

St Peter's Denial

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2093

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower right (L and B ligated): ‘L Bramer / 1642’

Description

De verloochening van Petrus. Op de voorgrond twee kaartspelende soldaten bij kaarslicht.

Creation

Artist

painter: Leonaert Bramer (signed by artist)

Dating

1642

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 126.5 cm × width 141.3 cm × thickness 4 cm (support incl. backboard)
outer size: depth 8.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Peter denies Christ, usually before a girl-servant and some soldiers

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

A.A. des Tombe Bequest, The Hague

Acquisition

bequest 1903

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; from Van Gelder, fl. 100, to Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (1818-1902), The Hague, by 1898;{Handwritten catalogue of the Des Tombe collection, n.d., HUA, PA 26, Des Tombe archive 26, no. 108, no. 31; see also Lafenestre/ Richtenberger 1898, p. 165.} by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1903

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 81-82, cat.nr. 29
Leonaert Bramer 1596-1674 : ingenious painter and draughtsman in Rome and Delft
Nieuw licht op de Gouden Eeuw : Hendrick ter Brugghen en zijn tijdgenoten, Albert Blankert, Marten Jan Bok, Leonard Joseph Slatkes
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 140

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6219

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