St. Peter

This panel is the result of many accumulated experiences. It is in this painting that the artist best wields his creative and technical powers: in the rigour of its composition, in the volumetric expression of form, through a sensitive and well-calculated distribution of light and the projection of shadow over the monumental throne, in the extraordinary characterization of the face, and in the forms of the exuberant rains.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes): Guillaume Dufay: Aurea luce, hymn for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul