Photographs

Christ's Charge to Saint Peter

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1902
Accession number: 2000.5.2855
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm.) mount: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm.)
Medium: photograph mounted on board
Description: Three cusped lights. Left light: three fishermen, two standing holding baskets of fish, one crouching to pick up basket of fish, all looking right. Basket of fish in foreground. Part of lake, boat, and boat's sail visible in background. Landscape background. Center light: two fishermen, one kneeling over basket of fish in foreground, one in boat hauling in net in background, St. Peter between them, kneeling, hands clasped, facing right. Landscape background. Right light: Christ sits in foreground, facing left, left hand resting on his thigh, right hand raised in benediction. A single disciple stands behind him at right. Landscape background with city visible in distance.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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