# The Liberation of St Peter by an Angel

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PEREDA, Antonio de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 145 x 110 cm

## Commentary

Antonio Pereda devoted himself to religious painting, but after a promising start at the court \(evidenced by his large Relief of Genoa, painted for the Salón de Reinos\), he had to renounce his brilliant future on the death of his protector, Juan Bautista Crescenzi, Marquis of La Torre.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/allegory-r99140804579882>)
- [St Anthony of Padua with Christ Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/st-anthony-of-padua-with-christ-child-detail-raff83441365474>)
- [St Anthony of Padua with Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/st-anthony-of-padua-with-christ-child-r933e25a0bb193e>)
- [St Dominic](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/st-dominic-r04840fcfd1a8dc>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/st-jerome-reb7316dadefb98>)
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- [Still-Life with an Ebony Chest](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/still-life-with-an-ebony-chest-rdbb30f00c64613>)
- [Still-Life with Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/still-life-with-fruit-r6385bc98efa556>)
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- [The Knight&#39;s Dream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/the-knights-dream-r6dcf794b5e49e4>)
- [The Relief of Genoa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pereda-antonio-de-r852f0a1cb7de0c/the-relief-of-genoa-rb7c9f2c5127fee>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)