# St. Peter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERNANDES, Vasco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fernandes-vasco-ra2d666bcb3d0f2>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 213 x 231,3 cm

## Commentary

This panel is the result of many accumulated experiences. It is in this painting that the artist best wields his creative and technical powers: in the rigour of its composition, in the volumetric expression of form, through a sensitive and well-calculated distribution of light and the projection of shadow over the monumental throne, in the extraordinary characterization of the face, and in the forms of the exuberant rains. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/15\_cent/dufay\_peter\_paul.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Guillaume Dufay: Aurea luce, hymn for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fernandes-vasco-ra2d666bcb3d0f2/adoration-of-the-magi-rf7a3004f70fa46>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fernandes-vasco-ra2d666bcb3d0f2/assumption-of-the-virgin-ra453a0da955385>)

## Attribution

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