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This painting was formerly ascribed to Gabriel Metsu, a Dutch painter of genre (everyday life) whose early work had included religious subjects. However, it is more likely to be by a follower of one of the Utrecht artists of the early seventeenth century such as Hendrick Terbrugghen, Dirck van Baburen or Gerrit van Honthorst, each of whom visited Italy and was greatly influenced by Caravaggio. It was the strong contasts of light and shade, often dramatically set against a dark background, and the vigorous realism of Caravaggio's religious subjects that so impressed these artists. The subject is also not certain. After the arrest of Christ, a serving maid from the house of the high priest recognised his disciple Peter, but Peter denied knowing Christ three times.