베드로가 예수를 알지 못한다고 하다

 

 

 

(마 26:69)

○베드로가 바깥 뜰에 앉았더니 한 여종이 나아와 이르되 너도 갈릴리 사람 예수와 함께 있었도다 하거늘

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravaggio 1573 – 1610

The Denial of Saint Peter

oil on canvas (94 × 125 cm) — c. 1610

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Caravaggio biography

 

This work is linked to Matthew 26:69

 

As Jesus had predicted, Peter denies knowing him three times. This is why Caravaggio has three fingers pointing at Peter: the maid with both hands, the soldier with one finger. Peter's gesture expresses innocence but his face tells that he realizes what he has done.

This is one of Caravaggio's last paintings.

 

 

 

 

 

Duccio di Buoninsegna ca. 1255 – 1319

Peter Denying Christ

tempera on panel (50 × 53 cm) — 1308-11

  Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo, Siena

Duccio di Buoninsegna biography

 

This work is linked to Matthew 26:69

 

 

 

 

 

Gerard Seghers 1591 – 1651

The Denial of Peter

oil on canvas (123 × 161 cm) — c. 1620

  Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Gerard Seghers biography

 

This work is linked to Matthew 26:69

 

"Aren't you...", the woman seems to say when she recognizes Peter as one of Jesus' followers. "Is he really!", say the two men to the right. There is panic in Peter's eyes as his hands gesture "Who, me? No way!" He thus denies his master.

Seghers painted in the style of Caravaggio. The faces, with their lively ｅxpressions, are only visible because of the light from the candle. The flame doesn't draw attention because Seghers put the woman's hand in front of it.