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LIPPI, Filippino: Disputation with Simon Magus and Crucifixion of Peter (left view)

🖼 Disputation with Simon Magus and Crucifixion of Peter (left view), 1481-82
Fresco
Florence, Italy

Crowded figures gesticulate in heated debate while Peter hangs inverted on his cross, rendered with dramatic spatial depth and Renaissance precision. The scene illustrates Christian triumph over pagan sorcery, cementing Brancacci Chapel's role as a masterwork of Florentine religious narrative painting.

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E. H. Gombrich
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