# Liberation of St Peter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HELMONT, Mattheus van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/helmont-mattheus-van-r9bc50147f9e0cc>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on panel, 62 x 83 cm

## Commentary

In this picture the painter has relegated the miraculous episode from the life of St peter to the background, focusing instead on the foreground, in which sits a group of soldiers, reminiscent of the popular tavern scenes painted by Teniers, Brouwer and others.

## Attribution

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