Axial Commons Image Treasury
Etching of Saint Peter crucified upside down on a diagonal cross, with soldiers and a crowd on a hill below and a city tower at right.

Het martelaarschap van de apostelen

A small etching shows a man crucified upside down on a diagonal cross, while soldiers with pikes and a crowd gather on a rocky hill below. Winged figures in the clouds above and a city tower at right frame the scene, and the caption names Saint Peter.

Artist
Jacques Callot
Date
1632-1634
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2922 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1634.
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

Español: Martirio de san Pedro, crucificado boca abajo

Un pequeño grabado muestra a un hombre crucificado boca abajo en una cruz diagonal, mientras soldados con lanzas y una multitud se reúnen en una colina rocosa debajo. Figuras aladas entre las nubes y una torre de ciudad a la derecha enmarcan la escena, y la leyenda nombra a san Pedro.

Português: Martírio de São Pedro, crucificado de cabeça para baixo

Uma pequena gravura mostra um homem crucificado de cabeça para baixo em uma cruz diagonal, enquanto soldados com lanças e uma multidão se reúnem em uma colina rochosa abaixo. Figuras aladas nas nuvens e uma torre de cidade à direita emolduram a cena, e a legenda nomeia São Pedro.

More from Rome and Ancient Greece

Black-and-white photo of a painted panel: a seated bearded man in a prison cell with a dog, and a glowing vision of a figure carrying a cross.Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator MOpen wooden triptych: central crucifixion scene with crowd and hilltop, kneeling donors at left, a robed woman at right, under carved Gothic arches.Triptych: Calvary, with donors (open); St. Christopher with the Christ child on the road (Engraving of a banquet in a colonnaded hall: reclining figures at a table, winged figures on clouds above, a seated muscular man in the foreground, and printed text below.Feestmaal van RomulusBlack and white engraving of a bearded bishop with a crozier on clouds, surrounded by four clerics holding scrolls and a dove above.Saint Basil the Great, praised by four clerical saints. Engraving by J.F. Palomino.Engraving of a pope seated under a canopy, a kneeling friar with a halo before him, and robed onlookers in a tiled hall.Saint Francis of Assisi given permission by Pope Innocent III to preach to the people. EngPen and brown ink drawing on paper of two crowded scenes: an upper hall with a figure and a nude youth, a lower crowd around a draped bier with columns behind.Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl