The abdication of the Apostle Peter (Le Reniement de St. Pierre). Ca. 1754

After the original by V. de Boulogne. 1620
Engraving, etching. 283 x 380.
The margins are cropped.
The author and the engraving title were established on the basis of a comparison with a similar engraving by F. Basan, kept in the Harvard Museum of Art (Cambridge, USA).
A sheet for publication «Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie et du cabinet de S. E. Mr. le comte de Bruhl” (Dresden, 1754) (Collection of engravings from paintings in the gallery and cabinet of His Excellency Mr. count de Brühl), № 28.
The original of Valentin de Boulogne was purchased by Catherine II for the Hermitage in 1769 as part of the collection of Count von Brühl. Now – In the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts of (Moscow).
Inv. G 505.
Boulogne, Valentin de (real name Jean Valentin) (1591, Coulommiers – 1632, Rome) – Baroque artist of French origin. He lived and worked in Rome. He painted religious paintings and household scenes. One of the best and most talented followers of Caravaggio.