Der heilige Petrus mit Jakobus dem Älteren [linke Tafel]

Italienische Malerei 1360–1430, um 1415/1420

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned, bearded man holds two oversized gold skeleton keys and a book in front of a gold background in this vertical painting, which has a triangular top. The person’s body is angled slightly to our right, but he looks off to our left from the corners of his brown eyes. He has a thin nose with a rounded tip, full pink lips, and full gray beard. His gray hair is cut into a ring around his head. He wears a sky-blue robe, and his buttercup-yellow cloak is lined with coral red. Both are edged with gold. He braces the book, which has a moss-green cover and white pages, in one hand and holds the two keys up in the other. The man’s gold halo is punched into the gold background, and gilded molding creates a pointed arch over him. A second person, tiny in scale, is shown from the waist up in the tip of the panel. This man has long light brown hair and a beard. He wears a pale blue robe under a raspberry-red cloak. He holds a dark yellow book in one hand and a staff with the other. He looks down to our right, has a halo, and is in front of a gold background.
Künstler
Italienische Malerei 1360–1430
Datierung
um 1415/1420
Gattung
Gemälde
Technik
Tempera auf Holz
Maße
92,71 × 44,77 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned, bearded man holds two oversized gold skeleton keys and a book in front of a gold background in this vertical painting, which has a triangular top. The person’s body is angled slightly to our right, but he looks off to our left from the corners of his brown eyes. He has a thin nose with a rounded tip, full pink lips, and full gray beard. His gray hair is cut into a ring around his head. He wears a sky-blue robe, and his buttercup-yellow cloak is lined with coral red. Both are edged with gold. He braces the book, which has a moss-green cover and white pages, in one hand and holds the two keys up in the other. The man’s gold halo is punched into the gold background, and gilded molding creates a pointed arch over him. A second person, tiny in scale, is shown from the waist up in the tip of the panel. This man has long light brown hair and a beard. He wears a pale blue robe under a raspberry-red cloak. He holds a dark yellow book in one hand and a staff with the other. He looks down to our right, has a halo, and is in front of a gold background.

Italienische Malerei 1360–1430