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PIETRO PERUGINO - THE DELIVERY OF THE KEYS
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The Delivery of the Keys fresco, 1481–1482,
Sistine Chapel, Rome |
- The Delivery of the Keys, or
Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino which was produced in 1481–1482 and is located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.
- The commission of the work originated in 1480, when Perugino was decorating a chapel in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope Sixtus IV was pleased by his work, and decided to commission him also the decoration of the new Chapel he had built in the Vatican Palace.
- Due to the size of the work, Perugino was later joined by a group of painters from Florence, including
Botticelli,
Ghirlandaio and others.
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The scene, part of the series of the Stories of Jesus
on the chapel's northern wall, is a reference to
Matthew in which Jesus says he will give "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" to Saint Peter.
(Wikipedia)
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