Christ Instructs Peter to Feed My Sheep, by Claude Vignon, 1624
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Christ Instructs Peter to Feed My Sheep

Also titled Christus draagt Petrus op: 'Weid mijn schapen'

Claude Vignon (Tours, 1593–1670)

1624

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 6 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Christus draagt Petrus op: 'Weid mijn schapen'. Christus gebaart naar een opengeslagen boek waarin de woorden staan 'Petre Amas Me Pasce Oves Meas' (Johannes 21: 15-23). Petrus heeft zich naar Christus gekeerd, op de achtergrond twee andere discipelen.