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Painting of an older bearded man in a brown cloak in profile, looking up and holding a large iron key.

St Peter

A painting of a bald, bearded older man in a brown cloak, seen in profile looking upward and left. He holds a large iron key in his raised right hand against a dark, warm-toned background. The soft modeling and somber palette suggest an early nineteenth-century religious portrait.

Artist
Gerardus Laurentius Keultjes
Date
1816
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2940 × 3586 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1816.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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