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Liberation of St. Peter

Hendrick ter Brugghen1629/1629

Gallery of Old and New Masters, Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Ludwigslust / Güstrow

Gallery of Old and New Masters, Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Ludwigslust / Güstrow
Schwerin, Germany

Dating from the last year of the painter's life, the large painting is an example of his monumental and reductionist late style. Concentrated solely on the two main protagonists, the dramatic event becomes a very quiet inner drama between the tacit angel and the old man suddenly confronted with the supernatural.

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Gallery of Old and New Masters, Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Ludwigslust / Güstrow

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