"Saint Peter And The Rooster"
A splendid miniature painted on parchment, in a silver frame.The scene depicted traces the salient stages of the life of the apostle Peter. The figure of the saint, sitting in a cave, his hands clasped, his meditative gaze turned upwards, seems to be thinking back to his life; next to him, at the top left, there is a rooster, a reminder of the dramatic episode recounted in the Gospels of Peter's denial of Jesus during the Passion ("Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times").
Measurements with frame: 8.6 X 5.5 cm
Italy, Eighteenth century
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