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Plaque with Saints Peter and John Healing a Man
(Renaissance Europe )
The Acts of the Apostles (a book in the New Testament of the Bible that describes the founding of the Christian Church) recounts the story of a man unable to stand on his own and seated on the ground outside the Temple of Jerusalem. Seeing Peter and John, the man asked them for money, but instead they healed him. Both gentiles and Jews appear in the scene. The latter have covered heads. The gate where this miraculous event took place was called “The Beautiful,” and the unknown artist depicted it as a splendid structure with fluted Corinthian columns. The plaque was probably set into a chest or casket that is now lost.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 8/1/1958 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 10/6/1987 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/8/1987 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 6/8/1989 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 8/8/1989 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 8/10/1989 | Technical Report | other |
Geographies
Italy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 × W: 1/2 × D: 8 11/16 in. (15.2 × 1.3 × 22 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1054