Abraham Meets Melchizedek
(c1625)
Peter Paul Rubens
(Siegen, 1577 - 1640)
Genesis 14
Christ and the penitent sinners by Peter Paul Rubens
- Created
- 1617
- Dimension
- 128cm × 144cm
- Method
- oil on panel
- Passage
- Luke 23:26-43
- Housed at
- Alte Pinakothek Barer Straße 27, Munich
Christ and the Penitent Sinners or Christ with the four great penitents is a 1617 oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens. It is now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
The painting depicts Jesus Christ with an adoring Mary Magdalene, Saint Peter (who denied Christ three times), Dismas (the penitent thief from the Crucifixion) and King David (who committed adultery with Bathsheba).
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