# The Liberation of St Peter [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUERCINO]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm ## Commentary The Liberation of St Peter c. 1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid With its vibrant textures and rich, sombre palette of lush blue, ochres and oranges, all beautifully modulated by the half light, the present painting illustrates how the influence of Titian was still strongly embedded in Guercino's work, even after his arrival in Rome. At the same time, new sources of inspiration may be seen, for example that of Caravaggio, and his followers, as well as Guido Reni. ## Related artworks - [A Cosmographer]() - [A Donor Presented to the Virgin]() - [Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael]() - [Allegory of Painting and Sculpture]() - [Apparition of Christ to the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Aurora]() - [Aurora]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()