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Deliverance of Saint Peter from Prison
Matthias Stomc. 1632
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
The liberation of the apostle Peter from prison is already described in Acts XII, 4-11, as a light appearance.
In this important painting from his Roman period, Stom draws on a composition by Gerrit van Honthorst (Berlin, Gemäldegalerie), lifting and enhancing.
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- Title: Deliverance of Saint Peter from Prison
- Creator: Matthias Stom
- Creator Lifespan: 1589 – 1649
- Creator Death Place: Sicily or Northern Italy, Italy
- Creator Birth Place: Amersfoort (near Utrecht), Netherlands
- Date Created: c. 1632
- Physical Dimensions: 124 x 177 cm
- Type: painting
- External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Movement: Baroque
- Original title: Befreiung Petri
- Inventory number: KS 49
- Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986
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