Abschied der Apostel Petrus und Paulus vor ihrem Martertod
vor 1767
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
45 x 32 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
2170
Art Historical Context
In the Belvedere Collection in Vienna, Franz Anton Maulbertsch's *Abschied der Apostel Petrus und Paulus vor ihrem Martertod* (Farewell of the Apostles Peter and Paul Before Their Martyrdom), painted in oil on canvas before 1767, captures a poignant biblical moment. This compact work, measuring just 45 x 32 cm, depicts the apostles' emotional parting in Rome shortly before their executions—Peter's upside-down crucifixion and Paul's beheading—drawing from early Christian tradition as described in the apocryphal *Acts of Peter and Paul*. Maulbertsch, a leading Austrian painter of the late Baroqu...
About the Artist
Franz Anton Maulbertsch · 1724–1796
Comment on works: Allegory; Portraits; Religious