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Artist: Pietro Antonio de Pietri (Italian, 1663-1716)

Medium: red chalk on paper

Dimensions: 10 9/16 in. x 7 3/4 in. (26.8 cm. x 19.7 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III

Accession Number: 1811.20.a.&.b

• James ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College
  • ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)
• Prints/Drawings & Drawings/Prints, 1500-1800
  • ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art. ( 8/4/2009 - 9/20/2009)

For two other scenes from the life of St. Peter, see BCMA 1811.19. This scene is described in Acts 12:1-11. The artist has apparently traced the outlines of the recto drawing on the verso before changing his composition for the latter.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College (Brunswick: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College Museum of Art, 1985).