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The Death of St. Peter Martyr

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo · 1530–35

Palette

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Artist

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo

Date

1530–35

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

115.3 × 141 cm (45 5/16 × 55 1/2 in.); Framed: 144.8 × 170.2 × 16.9 cm (57 × 67 × 6 5/8 in.)

Place

Italy

Period

16th century

Themes

Landscapes · Bible stories and saints

Main colour

Brown · lightness 35, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Lacy Armour Endowment. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-31); image released under CC0. Licence rules