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Summary

Artist
Title St Peter's denial.
Date 1660
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 154 cm (60.6 in). Width: 169 cm (66.5 in).
Accession number SK-A-3137
Object history
  • Unknown date: Marc-René de Voyer d'Argenson, marquis de Paulmy, Paris
  • by 1760: Comte de Vence, Paris
  • by 1780: Simon René, comte de Baudouin, Paris
  • Unknown date: acquired by Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), Saint Petersburg
  • by 1933 (?): Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
  • 10 July 1933: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, from Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Exhibition history

La peinture Hollandaise de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt/Hollandse schilderkunst van Jeroen Bosch tot Rembrandt, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel, Brussels, 2 March 1946–28 April 1946, Cat.no. 88.
Holländer des 17. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, 4 November 1953–20 December 1953, Cat.no. 122.
Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento, 4 January 1954–14 February 1954, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Cat.no. 122.
Dutch painting. The Golden Age, 1954–1955, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Cat.no. 66.
Rembrandt, 12 January 1956–15 April 1956, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cat.no. 35.
Rembrandt Tentoonstelling. Ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606, 18 May 1956–5 August 1956, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 8 August 1956–21 October 1956, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Cat.no. 82.
The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History. Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School, 13 September 2003–14 December 2003, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cat.no. 16.
Rijksmuseum on the Scheldt. Masterpieces from the treasure-house of the Netherlands/Rijksmuseum aan de Schelde. Meesterwerken uit de schatkamer van Nederland, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 9 October 2004–31 December 2007.
Rembrandt-Caravaggio, 24 February 2006–18 June 2006, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Cat.no. 16.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art. Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, 24 September 2006–7 January 2007, Phoenix Art Museu, Phoenix, Arizona, 27 January 2007–6 May 2007, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 26 May 2007–16 September 2007.
Rembrandt and the Golden Age. Highlights from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2 November 2007–13 February 2008.
Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 38.
Rembrandt. The denial of Peter, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 30 April 2009–1 June 2009.

L'âge d'or hollandais. De Rembrandt à Vermeer/The Dutch Golden age. From Rembrandt to Vermeer, Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, 7 October 2009–7 February 2010.
Inscriptions Signature and date bottom right: Rembrandt 1660
References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as De verloochening van Petrus.
RKDimages, Art-work number 2928, as The denial of Peter.

Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, Object 20186116, as Die Verleumdung Petri.
Source/Photographer fotki.yandex.ru : Home : Info : Pic

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