JACOPO DI CIONE
(b. ca. 1325, Firenze, d. ca. 1399, Firenze)

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Crucifixion of St Peter

1370-71
Tempera on wood, 35 x 42 cm
Pinacoteca, Vatican

Six predella panels of the altarpiece still exist, dispersed in different collections, namely:

The Arrest of St Peter (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence);

St Peter Liberated from Prison (Museum of Art, Philadelphia);

St Peter raising the Son of Theophilus (Pinacoteca, Vatican);

The Chairing of St Peter at Antioch (Pinacoteca, Vatican);

The Last Meeting of Sts Peter and Paul (present whereabouts unknown);

The Crucifixion of St Peter (Pinacoteca, Vatican).

The scenes in the predella were grouped: those occurring in Jeusalem at the left, those in Antoch in the centre, and those in Rome on the right.