The Liberation of St. Peter

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The Liberation of St. Peter

Artist Luca Giordano Italian, 1634-1705

Dateafter 1660

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

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 36

Collections

Paintings

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.