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The Delivery of the Keys, or Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino which was produced in 1481–1482 and is located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.
Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter or The Delivery of the Keys is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Giambattista Pittoni, from c. 1730–1735. It is held in the Louvre Museum , in Paris .
The Delivery of the Keys fresco, 1481–1482, Sistine Chapel, Rome . Perugino returned from Florence to Perugia, where his Florentine training showed in the Adoration of the Magi for the church of Santa Maria dei Servi of Perugia (c. 1476). In about 1480, he was called to Rome by Sixtus IV to paint fresco panels for the Sistine Chapel walls.
Delivery of the Keys by Perugino. The northern wall houses the Stories of Jesus, dating to 1481–1482. They include: Baptism of Christ by Pietro Perugino and assistants; Temptations of Christ by Sandro Botticelli; Vocation of the Apostles by Domenico Ghirlandaio; The Sermon on the Mount, attributed to Cosimo Rosselli; The Delivery of the Keys ...
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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 ...
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