Peter Paul Rubens' Kreuzigung Petri in der Peterskirche zu Köln.

'Investigates the history of the commission for the large altarpiece in the Cologne church of S. Peter, and studies the iconography of the painting in the context of the representation of the crucifixion of S. Peter in the renaissance and baroque periods. Shows in particular that Rubens' s composition depends on that of Caravaggio's painting of the same subject, in his first version of the crucifixion for the Cerasi chapel at S. Maria del Popolo, Rome. Explains that Caravaggio's first version, which shows the inverted, crucified saint from a nearly frontal view, was foud inappropriate for its intended location in the chapel, and was replaced by a version in which the cross appears at an angle. Shows that the earlier version none the less influenced artists in Rome and elsewhere in Europe' (BHA).