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

🖼 Disputation with Simon Magus and Crucifixion of Peter (right view), 1481-82
Fresco
230 × 598 cm
Florence, Italy

Dramatic perspective plunges viewers into a crowded Roman plaza where Saint Peter hangs inverted, while Simon Magus tumbles from his failed flight above. Filippino's fresco synthesizes Masaccio's monumental figures with intricate architectural detail, anchoring Christian triumph within Florence's spiritual narrative of redemption through martyrdom.

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E. H. Gombrich
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