The Martyrdom of St Peter (베드로의 순교)

 

 

 

(벧후 1:14)

이는 우리 주 예수 그리스도께서 내게 지시하신 것 같이 나도 나의 장막을 벗어날 것이 임박한 줄을 앎이라 딤후4:6

 

 

14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475 – 1564

The Martyrdom of St Peter

fresco (625 × 662 cm) — 1546-50

  Cappella Paolina, Vatican City

Michelangelo Buonarroti biography

 

This work is linked to 2 Peter 1:14

 

Tradition had it that St Peter was captured and crucified head-down in Rome during the reign of Nero, between 64 and 67. The event is not described in the Bible.

Despite his painful position, Peter shows great will-power. The women in the foreground are trembling with fear. The Romans in the background seem to be having an argument. one of them asks for silence.

The fresco has a nice composition. Peter draws all attention, being in the center and in a lighter spot. Some of the figures are out of proportion, like the women in the foreground.

Fifty years after Michelangelo completed his fresco, Caravaggio used Michelangelo's Peter for his version of the event.

This is the second of two large frescoes Michelangelo made in Paul's Chapel (Cappella Paolina) in the Vatican. The other one shows The Conversion of Saul. The chapel was built as a private chapel for pope Paul III.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravaggio 1573 – 1610

The Crucifixion of St Peter

oil on canvas (230 × 175 cm) — ca. 1601

  Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Caravaggio biography

 

This work is linked to 2 Peter 1:14

 

Tradition had it that St Peter was captured and crucified head-down in Rome during the reign of Nero, between 64 and 67. Caravaggio's image of St Peter strongly resembles a mirror image of him in a fresco by Michelangelo.

Peter was crucified upside down because he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus.