Freeing of Peter

Title

Freeing of Peter

Draughtsman

• Jan Symonsz. Pynas

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a print?
• design for a painting?
• copy?

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Peter (apostle)

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Apostelgeschichte 12

Primary

• 73F2144 the angel leads Peter past the sleeping guards