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Le Reniement de saint Pierre

1610
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 620
Merveille de qualité narrative et de concision picturale, ce tableau date des derniers mois de la vie tourmentée du Caravage et constitue la phase extrême d’une révolution stylistique. L’artiste renonce en effet à la délicatesse et à la beauté de la couleur pour se concentrer exclusivement sur le drame humain. L’apôtre Pierre se trouve dans la cour du palais du grand prêtre, où une femme l’accuse d’être un fidèle du Christ. L’index pointé du soldat et les deux doigts dénonciateurs de la femme sont une allusion aux trois accusations et aux trois désaveux de saint Pierre. Les dernières œuvres du Caravage tirent leur effet dramatique du contraste violent entre des zones de lumière intense et un arrière-plan obscur.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Le Reniement de saint Pierre
  • Artiste: Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi), Italien, 1571–1610
  • Date: 1610
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 94 x 125,4 cm
  • Crédits: Don de Herman et Lila Shickman ; achat, don de Lila Acheson Wallace, 1997
  • Accession Number: 1997.167
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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