Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor (Northern French Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.108-11)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor (Northern French Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.108-11)Oil on wood, Northern French painter, circa 1450, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.100.108-11Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor (Northern French Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.108-11)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/crucifixion-of-saint-peter-met-32-100-108-11.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor (Northern French Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.108-11). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/crucifixion-of-saint-peter-met-32-100-108-11Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-crucifixion-of-saint-peter-with-a-do, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor (Northern French Painter, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.108-11)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/crucifixion-of-saint-peter-met-32-100-108-11}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn oil-on-wood altarpiece wing showing Peter bound to an inverted cross, head downward, at the moment of his martyrdom, attended by executioners with a donor kneeling in prayer nearby. Painted by an unidentified Northern French painter, circa 1450. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 32.100.108-11, from the Friedsam Collection, bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor, accession 32.100.108-11 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsSimon Peter, Figures Well-attested The panel's directly named subject per the museum's own title, shown at his martyrdom on an inverted cross, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of the tradition that he asked to be crucified head downward.Source The Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor, accession 32.100.108-11 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source Saint Peter (Wikipedia)tier 3SourcesThe Crucifixion of Saint Peter with a Donor, accession 32.100.108-11 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceSaint Peter (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: Simon PeterQuote, Depicts: Simon PeterPeter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year