St. Peter released from Prison

Vincenzo Frediani (Italian, 1481 - 1505)

York Art Gallery

1480 - 1510

On the right, an Angel leads St. Peter from prison. Christ with cross hails St. Peter, who kneels before Him, on the left. Teh background is dominated by a landscape. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

• Medium: tempera on wood
• Dimensions: 22.5 x 34.9cm
• ArtFunded in: 1955
• Presented by F D Lycett Green through The Art Fund

Provenance

F.D. Lycett Green.

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