Traditio clavium / Christ handing the keys of Paradise to St Peter (definitive version of San Pietro ad Aram) - Luca Giordano
Date :
1654
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Description
Giordano finally decided to depict God the Father in the upper right, commanding the angel to hand Christ the keys, which he would then pass on to St. Peter, the scene illuminated by the light of the Holy Spirit. That's a lot of intermediaries...
History :
2. This is Giordano's first attested public commission.
3. Draft from 1650 preserved in Solofra.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #024747
Image editing :
Image web
