"17th-century Italian School Saint Peter And The Rooster "
St. Peter And The Rooster 17th-century oil-on-canvas painting relined with new frame. The painting was probably part of a larger composition. St. Peter is depicted with a brown beard and hair, dressed in a brown cloak over a white tunic. To his right we find a rooster in profile. The rooster is one of the attributes of St. Peter the Apostle-in fact, it recalls the episode in which he denied Jesus and his subsequent repentance. Italian school of the 1600s.