The Denial of Peter, ca. 1600 – 1605

Title

The Denial of Peter

Draughtsman

• Adam Elsheimer

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brown ink on grey-yellow paper

Material

• iron gall ink
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben links (mit Bleistift): DD // [...] 18i9; mittig links: 255 // from / the Wyatt / Collect; unten links: Elsheimer; unten links: Col. Dr. Victor Bloch // Hend[ausradiert] Goodt // S. 1114 / XRCRS
Verso unten mittig Stempel der Sammlung Kurt Meissner, Zürich (Lugt 4665, 4666); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Jacoby 2008.184.18

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

Main Motif

• the Passion
• Peter (apostle)
• man
• woman
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Peter (apostle)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 26,64-75
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 14,66-72
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 22,54-62
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 18,15-27

Primary

• 73D331 Peter denies Christ, usually before a girl-servant and some soldiers
• 31A231(+77) standing figure (+ seven persons)
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31AA25161 arm or hand held in front of the chest - AA - both arms or hands
• 31A25552 index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
• 42F51 maid ~ house personnel