Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Saint Peter

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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Saint Peter

Companion to John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Cat. 241b)

Made in Ferrara, Italy, Europe

c. 1474

Cosimo Tura (Cosmé Tura), Italian (active Ferrara), first documented 1430, died 1495

Tempera on panel
9 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (23.8 x 14.3 cm)

Currently not on view

Cat. 241a

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Label

Tura was the principal painter of the court of the ruling Este family in Ferrara. He undoubtedly met the Netherlandish master Rogier van der Weyden in Ferrara in 1450. The detailed drawings that Tura used in the preparation of this panel and its companions indicate that he may have learned Netherlandish drawing techniques directly from Van der Weyden.

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