Caption

Saint Peter Praying, 19th century, painting, height 117.0 cm, width 78.0 cm. Saint Peter is seated with an open book on his lap, hands folded in prayer. To the right lie books and keys; to the left a rooster crows., A framed oil painting showing an older bearded man seated with hands clasped and head tilted upward, wearing a dark blue upper garment and a brownish robe that drapes over his legs; an open book rests on his lap and a group of additional books or large pages lies beside him, one propped open, while a white rooster stands on a dark area to the left near some foliage. The scene includes a muted sky and distant landscape in the background with tones of blue, gray, and warm peach, and the visible colors in the image include blue, brown, white, gray, black, green, and gold from the ornate frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_383

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.5Mb (4.1Mb) / 14.7in x 20.0in / 4398 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Saint Peter Praying 19th century painting height 117.0 cm width 78.0 cm Saint Peter seated open book lap hands folded prayer right lie books keys left rooster crows framed oil showing older bearded man seated hands clasped head tilted upward wearing dark blue upper garment brownish robe drapes legs open book rests group additional books large pages lies beside propped open white rooster stands dark area left near foliage scene includes muted sky distant landscape background tones blue gray warm peach visible colors image include brown white black green gold ornate frame.