In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Saints Peter and Paul came to Rome to win converts to Christianity soon after Christ’s death, while Simon Magus, claiming to be the son of God, attempted to prove his divinity by flying. Due to Saint Peter’s prayers, the demons supporting Simon abandoned him and he plummeted to his death. This work is probably a studio copy after a lost oil sketch for a huge altarpiece commissioned in 1746 for Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Because of the humidity in Saint Peter’s, which quickly ruined paintings, the work was to have been translated into a massive mosaic. However, for reasons that remain unclear, Batoni’s mosaic was never created.
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754) — Sketch fo
Ubaldo Gandolfi — The Execution of Saint John the Baptist
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays — Scene from the Martyrdom of St
Alessandro Magnasco — The Raising of Lazarus
Felice Torelli — Death of Saint Peter Martyr
Carlo Maratti|Adam von Bartsch — The Miracle of Naim
Gaspare Diziani — The Assumption of the Virgin
Noël Nicolas Coypel (French, 1690–1734) — The Miracles of Sa
Francesco Trevisani — Het martelaarschap van de zeven broers
Domenico Maria Canuti|Anonymous — A saint at right, Saint Jo
Peter Paul Rubens|Ignatius Cornelis Marinus — Reproductive P
Joseph Heintz the Elder — Entombment
