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The Crucifixion of St Peter
1601 · Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma (Ordine di Sant'Agostino — Provincia Agostiniana d'Italia)
For Saints Peter and Paul · 29 June
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image 16.5×21.3 in on a 18×24 in sheet
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Saint Peter is going up head down, and no one here hates him. Three men do the work: one hauls a rope, one heaves at the beam, one braces beneath it with his back to us and his soles black with dirt. The basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo reads the inverted cross as Peter's own choice, humility refusing to die as Christ died, and the three as labourers, not executioners. Peter lifts his white head off the wood, his eyes wide open.
Sources: Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma — attraction page, 'Crocifissione di San Pietro' · Dermot Morrin OP, 'Caravaggio's Crucifixion of St Peter', Dominicans in Scotland, 16 November 2019 · Giovanni Baglione, Le vite de' pittori, scultori et architetti (Rome, 1642), Life of Caravaggio · Heather Nolin, "'Non piacquero al Padrone': A Reexamination of Caravaggio's Cerasi Crucifixion of St. Peter," Rutgers Art Review 24 (2008)
Amen, amen, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.
John 21:18 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)