# Pair of Apostles in Dispute [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SIGNORELLI, Luca]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 238 x 200 cm ## Commentary The individual apostles cannot be identified with the exception of Peter and John, who stand in the panel to the left of the Christ-Thomas grouping. The idea of presenting pairs of apostles in debate is borrowed from the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/donatell/2mature/sacristy/1sacri03.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/donatell/2mature/sacristy/1sacri03.html">bronze doors</A> that Donatello created for the Old Sacristy at San Lorenzo, Florence. Signorelli borrowed not only some of the compositional features of Donatello's reliefs but also specific iconographic details. Like Donatello, he depicts his apostles <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/donatell/2mature/sacristy/1sacri05.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/donatell/2mature/sacristy/1sacri05.html">barefoot and draped in classical garments,</A> eschewing any identifying attributes and even halos. ## Related artworks - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Cappellina dei Corpi Santi]() - [Ceiling Frescoes in the Chapel of San Brizio]() - [Choir of Patriarchs]() - [Christ and the Doubting Thomas]() - [Claudian]() - [Communion of the Apostles \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()