Apostle Peter
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Title
Apostle Peter
Subject
Description
Apostle Peter is painted on the south respond of the western transverse arch of the western bay while Saint Paul is located opposite on the north respond. The respond was placed as a reinforcement during alterations took place in the thirteenth century, covering the original frescoes of the twelfth century. An important detail is that these may be executed during the same time as the Virgin and the frescoes on the triumphal arch of the apse, but not by the same hand.
What is visible today is the standing figure of Peter, which consists of the subjective thirteenth-century fresco layer on the lower part of his body and the overlying fourteenth-century fresco layer on the upper part. Therefore, the fresco dated to the re-painting programme of the fourteenth-century follows the stylistic tradition of the former fresco layer.
He is depicted facing to the right, blessing with his right hand and holding an open scroll in the left hand. He is dressed in a grey chiton and ocher himation on a red background on the former fresco layer. The overlying fresco has a blue background. The garments of Peter are long enough to touch his feet, which are painted over the bottom frame.
Behind the respond of Saint Peter, there is still visible a small part of a figure dating to the initial twelfth-century painting. The figure bears a crown and thick, brown hair indicating a young man, therefore not Peter. Thus the thirteenth-century layer does not seem to follow the original depiction. The most likely scenario suggests that the painter or painters adopted a novel trend, Peter and Paul placed across the naos and facing each other, which arose in the period between the twelfth and the late thirteenth-century. The first appearance of this scheme is to be found in the church of Saint Nicholas of the Roof at Lagoudera, and in the almost contemporary to Asinou, church of Christ Antiphonetes at Kalogrea.
What is visible today is the standing figure of Peter, which consists of the subjective thirteenth-century fresco layer on the lower part of his body and the overlying fourteenth-century fresco layer on the upper part. Therefore, the fresco dated to the re-painting programme of the fourteenth-century follows the stylistic tradition of the former fresco layer.
He is depicted facing to the right, blessing with his right hand and holding an open scroll in the left hand. He is dressed in a grey chiton and ocher himation on a red background on the former fresco layer. The overlying fresco has a blue background. The garments of Peter are long enough to touch his feet, which are painted over the bottom frame.
Behind the respond of Saint Peter, there is still visible a small part of a figure dating to the initial twelfth-century painting. The figure bears a crown and thick, brown hair indicating a young man, therefore not Peter. Thus the thirteenth-century layer does not seem to follow the original depiction. The most likely scenario suggests that the painter or painters adopted a novel trend, Peter and Paul placed across the naos and facing each other, which arose in the period between the twelfth and the late thirteenth-century. The first appearance of this scheme is to be found in the church of Saint Nicholas of the Roof at Lagoudera, and in the almost contemporary to Asinou, church of Christ Antiphonetes at Kalogrea.
Creator
Source
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Publisher
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45036
Format
JPG, MP3
Language
en
Type
Identifier
Figure-045
Coverage
35.046355, 32.973431
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Citation
Ioannides, Marinos, “Apostle Peter,” Αψίδα, accessed May 7, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45257.