id: 128842 accession number: 1951.454 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.454 updated: 2019-05-20 09:10:23 Saint Peter Repentant, 1645. Georges de La Tour (French, 1593-1652). Oil on canvas; framed: 140.3 x 119.1 x 7 cm (55 1/4 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 114 x 95 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1951.454 title: Saint Peter Repentant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1645 creation date earliest: 1645 creation date latest: 1645 current location: 217 Italian Baroque creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 17th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - French 17th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Georges de La Tour (French, 1593-1652) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 140.3 x 119.1 x 7 cm (55 1/4 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 114 x 95 cm (44 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed upper right: Georgs delaTour Invet et Pin / 1645 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 4-April 7, 1958). title: Georges de la Tour and His World: Masterpieces in Focus opening date: 1996-10-06T00:00:00 Georges de la Tour and His World: Masterpieces in Focus. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 6, 1996-January 5, 1997); Kimbell Art Museum (February 1-May 10, 1997). title: Georges de la Tour (1593-1652) opening date: 1997-10-01T00:00:00 Georges de la Tour (1593-1652). Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (October 1, 1997-January 26, 1998). title: The Light of Truth. Caravaggio, La Tour, Rembrandt, Zurbarán opening date: 2000-09-09T00:00:00 The Light of Truth. Caravaggio, La Tour, Rembrandt, Zurbarán. Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Accademia Carrara di Bergamo (September 9-December 17, 2000). title: Georges de la Tour opening date: 2005-03-07T00:00:00 Georges de la Tour. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (organizer) (March 7-May 29, 2005). title: Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-11-08T00:00:00 Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Frick Collection (organizer) (November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007). title: Georges de la Tour opening date: 2016-02-23T00:00:00 Georges de la Tour. Museo Nacional del Prado (organizer) (February 23-June 12, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Columbus, OH, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, november 8-December 16, 1956: "Masterpieces," cat. # 21.
CMA, October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972: "Caravaggio and His Followers," cat. # 39, repr. p. 119.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Palais du Louvre, May-September 1972: "Georges de La Tour,' ct. #23, pp. 40, 43, 51, 77, 108, 111-112, 188, 190-193, 261, 263.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 26-August 22, 1982: "French Painting in the 17th century," cat. #. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, September 18-November 28, 1982.
Washington, DC, The National Gallery of Art; Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum. "Georges de La Tour and His World" 10/6/96 - 5/10/97 exhib. cat. no. 24 p. 112; color repr. p. 113, p. 272.
Paris: Galeries nationales du Grand Palais. "Georges de la Tour (1593-1652)" 10/1/97 - 1/26/98; exh. cat. no. 47, color repr. p. 225, pp. 224-225, detail fig. 68, p. 225; fig. 82, p. 254.
Bergamo, Italy: Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (organized by Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti/Associazione Giubileo 2000-Bergamo/Diocesi di Bergamo) "The Light of Truth. Caravaggio, La Tour, Rembrandt, Zurbarán [La Luce del Vero. Caravaggio, La Tour, Rembrandt, Zurbarán)" 9/9 - 12/17/00
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (3/7/2005 - 5/29/2005): "Georges de la Tour" ex. cat. no. 22, p. 98-99.
The Frick Collection (November 8, 2006 - January 28, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art", exh. cat. no. 11, p. 56-59.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage (March 29, 2007 - July 8, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain (2/23/201 - 6/12/2016): "Georges de la Tour" ex. cat. no. 27, p. 150-151. --- PROVENANCE Possibly Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich, Surrey, until 1857; date: footnotes: citations: Reverend William Lucas Chafy, until 1878, by inheritance to his heirs; date: footnotes: citations: Heirs of Reverend Chafy, Bath, Somerset, until May 1951; date: footnotes: citations: [Marshall Spink, London]; date: footnotes: citations: [M. Knoedler & Co., New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: During Jesus’s arrest on the night of the Last Supper, the apostle Peter denied knowing him. Although Christ forgave his betrayal, Peter was consumed by guilt. La Tour represents Peter as an old man, reflecting on his past actions in a state of perpetual repentance. The apostle’s red-rimmed eyes and the uncertain light of the lantern suggest anxious sleepless nights; muted colors and simple forms give visual expression to Peter’s somber emotions. Unlike other artists inspired by Caravaggio, La Tour worked in relative isolation in northeastern France, and his connection to his Italian counterpart remains unclear. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 480 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=88 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 117 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966#page=141 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 117 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=141 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 171 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=191 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 90-91; Reproduced: p. 91 url: Salmon, Dimitri, and Andrés Ubeda de los Cobos, eds. Georges De La Tour: 1593-1652. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2016. page number: Reproduced: p.150-151, no. 27 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.454/1951.454_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.454/1951.454_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.454/1951.454_full.tif