The Denial of Saint Peter

It is said this painting is one of Caravaggio's two last works perhaps finished in 1610’s summer. Caravaggio was said to be going through a lot of personal turmoil at the time and the unfocused nature of this work bears testimony to the same. The figures are closely cropped while large areas remain in darkness so that the physicality of the characters is concealed.

In this work the Biblical theme of Peter denying Christ after the latter was arrested has been presented.

This Italian Baroque oil on canvas painting measures Measurements: 94 cm × 125.4 cm (37 in × 49.4 in).  It is housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.