The Denial of St Peter

religious

From about 1625 in Antwerp, in the same expressive and realistic style as his Caravaggist conversation pieces, Rombouts painted several narrative pictures with religious subjects in a landscape format, mainly for the open market. The present painting is a good illustration of this. It depicts the scene when Peter first betrays Christ after he has been taken prisoner.

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About the Artist

Theodor Rombouts

1597 – 1637

Flemish painter, mainly of religious and genre scenes. In his native Antwerp he was a pupil of Janssens, an Italianate painter of merit, then from about 1616 to about 1625 he was in Italy. There his work became strongly Caravaggesque and he established himself as one of the leading Flemish exponents of the style. Later, he fell under the all-pervasive influence of Rubens and his work became much lighter in tonality.

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