Login
Sign up

Send the page
Go to the forum
 
French
   Le Vatican > Le Vatican > Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel > Sistine Chapel > Calling of the First Apostles
Calling of the First Apostles

Calling of the First Apostles






Material : Fresco
Item 23 on 28
Indoor Architecture
Fresco (Wall fresco)

Vitrine : 7

Area related
Le Vatican (Le Vatican)

Description   

The stories of Christ were originally distributed over eight panels, each one presented by a title in the upper frieze. They began with the Nativity painted by Perugino on the altar wall, subsequently destroyed to make room for Michelangelo's Last Judgement. Thus, today, the events of the life of Christ start from his Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34), which is followed by the Temptations of Christ (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1-13) and the Cleansing of the Leper (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16). The third shows in the foreground the Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, while the call of James and John is shown in the background (Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11).
Item(s) related   
Related article(s)   

















Calling of the First Apostles
Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (Domenico Ghirlandaio)
Simon Saint Pierre
Les Apôtres
Jésus-Christ
Saint André