Crucifixion of Saint Peter | Caravaggio | 1601 Genaro Pérez Villaamil This work reflects Redon's fascination

This work reflects Redon's fascination with the mystical and his desire to evoke a mysterious

contrasting the frailty of the starving father with the youthful vitality of the daughter

blurring the line between imagination and reality

weary and somber

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Holofernes (1620–21) is one of the most powerful and visceral depictions of the biblical story

Crucifixion of Saint Peter | Caravaggio | 1601 Genaro Pérez Villaamil This work reflects Redon's fascinationAbout the artwork: Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1601) by Caravaggio captures the martyrdom of Saint Peter at the very moment he is being raised upside down on the cross, reflecting the tradition that Peter requested this form of execution because he did not consider himself worthy to die like Christ. Rather than focusing on idealized heroes, Caravaggio presents three laborers straining under the weight of the cross while Peter, aged and weathered,