Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, ca. 1315
German; Cologne
Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint; Christ: 28 x 13 5/8 in. (71 x 34.5 cm), Peter: 27 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (70.5 x 33.2 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1929 (29.55.1,2)
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German; Cologne
Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint; Christ: 28 x 13 5/8 in. (71 x 34.5 cm), Peter: 27 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. (70.5 x 33.2 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1929 (29.55.1,2)
These panels illustrate the belief that the pope is the representative of Christ on earth. Under separate architectural baldachins, the apostle Peter, wearing the papal tiara, kneels before Christ, who, in a literal representation of a Gospel text (Matthew 16:18), is the key to the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Related Index Terms
Material and Technique
- • Glass
- • Stained Glass
Object
- • Architectural Elements, Church
- • Architectural Elements, Church, Europe
- • Religious Art, Christianity, Architectural Elements
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Figure, Christ
- • Figure, Saint
- • Figure, Saint, Europe
- • Figure, Saint, Europe, Central Europe
- • Figure, Saint, Peter
- • Religious Art, Christianity
