Saint Peter The Apostle Peter, Terracotta preliminary study for the marble Peter statue of Artus Quellinus in the Andries church in Antwerp (1658), the front carefully worked out, the back more global in finish, two vent holes. Peter is standing next to the inverted cross, which refers to his martyrdom. At its foot stands a crowing rooster, the emblem of his denial of Jesus in the Garden of Olives, the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome, possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara, Artus Quellinus (I), Antwerp, 1658 - 1659, terracotta

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Saint Peter The Apostle Peter, Terracotta preliminary study for the marble Peter statue of Artus Quellinus in the Andries church in Antwerp (1658), the front carefully worked out, the back more global in finish, two vent holes. Peter is standing next to the inverted cross, which refers to his martyrdom. At its foot stands a crowing rooster, the emblem of his denial of Jesus in the Garden of Olives, the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome, possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara, Artus Quellinus (I), Antwerp, 1658 - 1659, terracotta (clay material), h 48 cm

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