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The Liberation of St. Peter

Artist Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
Place of OriginItaly
Dateabout 1660-1665
DimensionsH: 78 3/4 in. (200 cm); W: 120 7/8 in. (307 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Arthur J. Secor, Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus in memory of Miss Rosa Lang, and Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2014.44
Not on View
Published ReferencesOld Master and British Paintings: Evening Sale, London, Sothebys, December 8, 2010, Lot 32, p. 82, repr. (col.), p. 83.

, Liberation & Deliverance: Luca Giordano’s ‘Liberation of St. Peter', London, The Matthiesen Gallery, 2012.

Scavizzi, Giuseppe and Giuseppe De Vito, Luca Giordano giovane, 1650-1664, Naples, Arte’m, 2012, p. 102.

Il cammino di Pietro, Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, 2013, v.3, repr. (col.) pp. 174-77.

"TMA Acquires 'The Liberation of St. Peter' by 17th-century Italian Artist Luca Giordano," ArtDaily.org, Oct. 26, 2014, repr. (col.), Link to resource.

Rykner, Didier, "Un Luca Giordano acquis par Toledo," La Tribune de l'Art, Oct. 31, 2014, repr. (col.), Link to resource.

Ubeda delos Cobos, Andres, Luca Giordano, Madrid, Spain, Prado Museum, 2018, 34, repr. (col.) fig. 4, p. 35.

Exhibition HistoryBuckinghamshire, Fawley Court and Museum , Polish Congregation of the Marian Fathers, 1953–2008.

Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, Il cammino di Pietro, Feb. 7– May 1, 2013.

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