The Ascension with Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter
The Ascension with Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter | |
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Artist | Donatello |
Year | c. 1428–1430 |
Medium | Marble |
Dimensions | 40.9 cm × 114.1 cm (16.1 in × 44.9 in) |
Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Accession | 7629-1861 |
The Ascension with Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter is a rectangular stiacciato (schiacciato) marble relief sculpture of c. 1428–1430 by Donatello, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[1]
Its original commissioner is unknown; it is first recorded in the inventory of the Palazzo Medici in 1492 on the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and later in the inventory of the Palazzo Portinari-Salviati [it] in 1591.
It is an unusual subject, combining the Ascension of Christ and Christ's giving the keys of the kingdom to Saint Peter. It may form part of a series of works for private devotion which the artist produced at that time, but more probably it decorated the original altar in the Cappella Brancacci, or perhaps the base of the Saint Peter niche at Orsanmichele.[2]
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- Media related to The Ascension with Christ giving the Keys to Saint Peter by Donatello at Wikimedia Commons
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