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Burgundian (Migration period) French, Burgundy region

Saint Peter, ca. 1106-1112

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Burgundian (Migration period)

Title

Saint Peter

Year

ca. 1106-1112

Medium

Limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy (colored paint)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • limestone

Dimensions

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

Place

Burgundy region

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

20.254

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

May 8 - June 22, 1969

European Galleries

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.

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