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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: St Peter Repentant

🖼 St Peter Repentant, 1823-25
Oil on canvas
29 × 25.5 cm
Washington, USA

Dramatic chiaroscuro illuminates St. Peter's anguished face as he kneels in penitent prayer, rendered with Goya's characteristic emotional intensity and loose brushwork. The painting captures the saint's spiritual crisis at his denial of Christ, transforming religious narrative into raw psychological introspection that defined Romantic-era spirituality.

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E. H. Gombrich
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