Portrait of Pope Innocent X
Portrait of Pope Innocent X
Colossal Head of Constantine
Colossal Head of Constantine
Crucifixion of Saint Peter 1

Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Caravaggio

1600–1601

Painting – Church

Free

15min

Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma

Peter shown old, fragile, frightened — the head of the Church in all his humanity — lifted onto an inverted cross by labourers whose faces are hidden. No divine light, no angels. Just the physical reality of an old man being crucified. Hangs opposite the Conversion of St Paul in the same small chapel — two meditations on calling and martyrdom facing each other.

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