The Denial of Saint Peter

Caravaggio, 1610, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘The Denial of Saint Peter’ is a work by Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610). It is dated 1610. It is part of the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 94 × 125 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Denial of Peter, Saint Peter, soldier, and woman.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Caravaggio.

• The Baroque