Saints Peter and Andrew

Gallery 318, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Saints Peter and Andrew

c. 1500

Master of the Holy Kinship (German (active Cologne), active c. 1470/80–c. 1515)

Peter holds the keys to the kingdom of heaven; Andrew carries the X-shaped cross of his martyrdom. This composition belongs to a group of seven individual panels that together probably formed the predella, or base, of a lost altarpiece. Before it was dismantled, the predella would have displayed all twelve apostles flanking a scene of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Gallery 318, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Saints Peter and Andrew

Date:

c. 1500

Artist:

Master of the Holy Kinship (German (active Cologne), active c. 1470/80–c. 1515)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

18 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.3 x 32.1 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 745

Geography:

Made in Germany, Europe

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Gallery 318, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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