Ordination (Q26713733)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Nicolas Poussin (Q41554)
collection: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629) National Gallery (Q180788)
location: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629)
main subject: Keys of Heaven (Q2546006)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
commissioned by: Cassiano dal Pozzo (Q1048333)
part of: Seven Sacraments (Q7457394)
depicts: Jesus (Q302) Peter (Q33923) key (Q132041)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: GAFmbp1CWRCVZg

catalog URL: https://www.kimbellart.org/collection-object/sacrament-ordination-christ-presenting-keys-saint-peter

information from the Kimbell Art Museum catalog

description: The Sacrament of Ordination is from one of the most celebrated groups of paintings in the entire history of art. The set depicting each of the Seven Sacraments was commissioned from Poussin by the antiquarian Cassiano dal Pozzo, secretary to Cardinal Francesco Barberini. To illustrate ordination—the taking of holy orders to become a priest—Poussin depicted the gospel account of Christ giving the keys of heaven and earth to the kneeling apostle Peter, showing the authority vested in him as head of the Roman church: “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church . . .

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