# Calling of Sts Peter and Andrew

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MATTEO di Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera with oil and gold on panel, 29 x 33 cm

## Commentary

This painting shows Jesus on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, urging two fishermen, the brothers Peter and Andrew, to become his disciples. Jesus leans forward to help Peter out of the boat, while Andrew casts his net aside, symbolically leaving his old life behind. This panel was once part of a predella, a sequence of small paintings situated beneath the main scenes of an altarpiece.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/annunciation-with-saints-rd0e4e472036617>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/assumption-of-the-virgin-r2a2ce78b5878be>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/assumption-of-the-virgin-rf159720ec6897b>)
- [Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-angels-and-cherubim-re7609b34878596>)
- [Madonna and Child with Six Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-six-saints-r01d4c76764241b>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-sts-jerome-catherine-of-alexandria-and-angels-rbc508fb4a2781b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-detail-r2fa34947913c9a>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-r9ec3e45ed4e90b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-rac1488ec462991>)
- [Massacre of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/massacre-of-the-innocents-r704efcdce9f2c2>)
- [St Bernardino Restoring a Child to Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/st-bernardino-restoring-a-child-to-life-rf02e26c9a13d7d>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/st-jerome-r9877abc0607fa8>)

## Attribution

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