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Jusepe de Ribera

The Tears of Saint Peter

ca. 1612–13
Oil on canvas
161.9 × 114.3 cm (63.7 × 45 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 624

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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