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Unknown Maker, French

Saint Peter
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Maker

Unknown Maker, French

Culture

French

Title

Saint Peter

Year

ca. 1106-1112

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

limestone

Geography

Place Made: Burgundy region

Dimensions

76.2 x 43.2 x 29.2 cm (30 x 17 x 11 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

20.254

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Here the apostle Peter holds the key to heaven. This sculpture originally appeared above a doorway at the third Abbey Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Cluny, France. This was medieval Europe’s most influential monastic community, and Peter was their patron saint.

Peter is carved in a distinctive regional style whose characteristics include deeply drilled eyes, long fingers extending from small palms, and angular drapery folds. Traces of color near the elbow and in the close parallel incisions in the beard indicate that the stone was painted, as was common on the façades of medieval cathedrals.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
May 08, 1969 – Jun 22, 1969

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, French
Saint Peter, ca. 1106-1112
Limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy (colored paint)
76.2 x 43.2 x 29.2 cm (30 x 17 x 11 1/2 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 20.254

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