The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew

Caravaggio, 1603, Royal Collection

‘The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew’ is a work by Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610). It is dated 1603. It is part of the collection Royal Collection. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 140 × 176 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Jesus Christ, Saint Peter, Andrew the Apostle, and vocation.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Caravaggio.

• The Baroque