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''Liberation of Peter'' is a 1665–1667 oil on canvas painting by
''Liberation of Peter'' is a 1665–1667 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ( , ; late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporar ...
, depicting a scene of the liberation of Peter
The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12 in which the apostle Peter is rescued from prison by an angel. Although described in a short textual passage, the tale has given rise to theological ...
from Acts 12 : 5–17. It is now in the Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the list of ...
in St Petersburg.
It was one of eight works painted by the artist for the Hermandad de la Caridad (Brothers of Charity) in Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
. Only four of these eight are still in Spain, namely ''The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes'', '' Moses at the Rock of Horeb'', ''Saint Elizabeth of Hungary'' and ''Saint John of God''. The Hermitage work and the remaining three (''Abraham Welcoming Three Angels'' - National Gallery of Canada; ''Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda'', National Gallery, London
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
; ''The Return of the Prodigal Son'' - National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...
, Washington) were all looted by Marshal Soult
Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, (; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804 and often called Marshal Soult. Soult was one of only six officers in Frenc ...
in 1812
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