The Delivery of Keys to St Peter
Painting
1873 (painted)
1873 (painted)
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This watercolour is a copy after Pietro Perugino’s fresco in the chapel Sistine in the Vatican, Rome. It was made by Eliseo Fattorini (1830-1887) for the Arundel Society, established in 1848, to record and promote the work of the Old Masters. The society made a speciality of reproducing in particular the Italian fresco cycles, of which the present work is a fine example. E.232-1995 shows the Delivery of the Keys to St Peter (Matthew, 16: 19), a composition in which it is now commonly thought that Signorelli participated.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour, copy after The Delivery of the Keys to St Peter, Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel (Rome), Eliseo Fattorini, Arundel Society watercolour, 1873 |
| Physical description | The scene is set in a flat, open square. In the main group a man (Christ) hands the keys to the kneeling man (St. Peter), surrounded by the other people (Apostles, all with halos, and contemporaries). In the centre of the sheet is a portico (Temple of Solomon) and triumphal arches on either sides. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in black ink Eliseo Fattorini copio Roma 1873 |
| Object history | Transfered in 1995 from the National Gallery of London. Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society and published as a chromolithograph (Museum No. E.142-1998) in 1887 by Storch and Kramer under the direction of Professor L Gruner. |
| Historical context | Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society and published as a chromolithograph in 1887 by Storch and Kramer under the direction of Professor L Gruner. See 28233 for example of chromolithograph. |
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| Summary | This watercolour is a copy after Pietro Perugino’s fresco in the chapel Sistine in the Vatican, Rome. It was made by Eliseo Fattorini (1830-1887) for the Arundel Society, established in 1848, to record and promote the work of the Old Masters. The society made a speciality of reproducing in particular the Italian fresco cycles, of which the present work is a fine example. E.232-1995 shows the Delivery of the Keys to St Peter (Matthew, 16: 19), a composition in which it is now commonly thought that Signorelli participated. |
| Associated object | e.142-1998 (Reproduction) |
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| Accession number | E.232-1995 |
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| Record created | March 24, 2009 |
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