Crucifixion of Saint Peter | |
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Italian: Crocifissione di San Pietro | |
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Artist | Caravaggio |
Year | 1601 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 230 cm × 175 cm (91 in × 69 in) |
Location | Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Italian: Crocifissione di san Pietro) is a work by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio work depicting the Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus (1601). On the altar between the two is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary by Annibale Carracci.