University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2010.1.9

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

1611 (Date created)
1947 (Date collected)
1972 (Date accessioned)
Ink
Engraving
Prints
0 in L x 2.9528 in W x 4.5276 in H x 0 in D
Notes: Sheet size: 13.0 x 9.1 cm
(Frame)
Notes: 31 x 27.4 cm Dark wood, matted (floating)
Italian
Arched print; at upper left Peter is crucified facing down; people are gathering at the bottom of the stairs; putti on a cloud with the palm of the martyr. The Martyrdom of St. Peter indicates the name of the painter (Passignani at the lower right of the print). The UAG owns two copies of this print: a first state and a second state. This is another painted composition for St Peter's by a Florentine artist, Domenico Cresti, il Passignano (b. 1559-1638), who worked in Rome between 1602 and 1616. Pope Clement VIII commissioned him to paint this Crucifixion of St Peter, which marked a successful career in Rome for the artist.
In Collection
Acquired by the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pittsburgh from Theodore Huminski (1947).

Provenance research for this object (and group of objects from the lot) is currently being conducted. For any questions or information, please contact the University Art Gallery: uag@pitt.edu (please write "Callot Provenance" in the subject line)
Lieure (T.I, 2 - vol. 3-cat.39)

Delineationes picturae altarium in Ecclesiis S. Petri et S. Pauli Romae

Stephane Loire, "Les Tableaux de Rome graves par Jacques Callot: leurs source et leur contexte", in Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Actes du colloque organise par le Service culturel du musee du Louvre et la ville de Nancy a Paris et a Nancy les 25, 26, 27 juin 1992. Sous la direction scientifique de Daniel Ternois, Klincksieck, Paris, 1993, pp.91-136.
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