St Peter and St John blessing the people of Samaria
Drawing
ca. 1557 (drawn)
ca. 1557 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
Best known as the author of The Lives of the Artists, Vasari was also a leading painter of the later Renaissance in Florence. This is his design for a painting depicting a scene from the Acts of the Apostles (now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). The crowded composition shows Christ's apostles blessing the people of Samaria in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | St Peter and St John blessing the people of Samaria |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing by Vasari showing St Peter and St Paul blessing the people of Samaria |
| Physical description | Pen and ink drawing showing St Peter and St John, standing, in the act of blessing people kneeling in front of them; the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, hovers above. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Literary reference | The Acts of the Apostles |
| Summary | Best known as the author of The Lives of the Artists, Vasari was also a leading painter of the later Renaissance in Florence. This is his design for a painting depicting a scene from the Acts of the Apostles (now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). The crowded composition shows Christ's apostles blessing the people of Samaria in the presence of the Holy Spirit. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 184.
The text is as follows:
VASARI, GIORGIO
(1511-74)
405
St Peter and St john blessing the people of Samaria
Pen and ink and wash
10 7/8 x 8 ¼ (276 x 212) CAI.259
PROVENANCE Gelozzi or Gelosi (Lugt 545); Ionides Bequest 1901 (Lugt 488)
LITERATURE S. J. A. Churchill, Bibliografia Vasariana, London, 1912, p. 10; Ionides Catalogue, p. 15 (attributed to Vasari)
The drawing appears to be a design or modello for the picture in Berlin (Staatliche Museen Berlin, Die Gemädegalerie, Die italienischen Meister, Berlin, 1930, p. 94, fig. 334; and P. Barocchi, Vasari Pittore, Milan, 1964, pl. 71). The sheet has a vertical crease down the middle and ismuch worn and rubbed. The poor condition makes it difficult to judge; it is possibly a copy. The event represented is realted in Acts 8: 14-17. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CAI.259 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2008 |
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