Saint Peter Martyr

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This priest – whose hair has been shaved, or tonsured – once stood on the right side of a small altarpiece which Crivelli painted for the church of San Domenico, in Ascoli Piceno, in the Italian Marche. He is Saint Peter Martyr, the second saint of the Dominican Order, and their first martyr.

The falcastro, a long-handled curved knife, with which he was murdered, splits his skull, and a second dagger is buried in his shoulder. His black and white robes stand out powerfully against the burnished gold ground. Crivelli’s skill as a painter of drapery is such that although Peter’s robes are black we can see the deep folds where his hood and cloak fall around his shoulders, and the creases in the tops of his shoes.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Saint Peter Martyr

Date

about 1476

Medium

Tempera on poplar

Measurements

H 90.5 x W 26.5 cm

Accession number

NG788.13

Acquisition method

Bought, 1868

Work type

Painting

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