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Leonard Bramer
The Liberation of Saint Petercirca 1625

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Oil painting of a torch-lit dungeon interior with a winged angel and two standing figures at center, surrounded by slumped figures in deep shadow
Oil painting of a dimly lit dungeon interior, with a torch-bearing winged figure standing beside a robed man at center; sleeping or fallen figures slumped along both sides, broken chains on the stone floor, and a barred window visible in the upper right.

Leonard Bramer, The Liberation of Saint Peter, circa 1625, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Harry Kahn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Leonard Bramer
Netherlands, Delft, 1596-1674, active Rome
Title
The Liberation of Saint Peter
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1625
Medium
Oil on slate
Dimensions
Frame: 18 × 26 × 2 1/2 in. (45.72 × 66.04 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Harry Kahn
Accession Number
M.86.220.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Hofrichter, Frima Fox. Leonaert Bramer, 1596-1674: a Painter of the Night. Milwaukee: Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 1992.
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers. Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.