The Crucifixion of St. Peter by Michelangelo
Michelangelo: The Crucifixion of St Peter (The Matyrdom of St. Peter) - Click to enlarge
The Crucifixion of St. Peter is a fresco painting Michelangelo Buonarroti executed between 1546-1550. Its dimensions are not less than 625 cm x 662 cm and is located in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace; Vatican City. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter was Micheangelos last fresco.
The work shows the moment just before St. Peter’s martyrdom, when the Roman soldiers raise him on the cross. Pain and suffering are the main aspects highligted by Buonarroti.
Pope Paul ordered this fresco in 1541, the last restoration was finished just in 2009. Just then, a small self portrait of Michelangelo himselv was belived to be found in the painting. Maurizio De Luca, inspector and chief restorer of the Vatican claimed that he had identified Buanorroti as the figure wearing a blue turban among one of three riders in the top left of the fresco.