The Liberation of St Peter by an Angel
by PEREDA, Antonio de, Oil on canvas, 145 x 110 cm
Antonio Pereda devoted himself to religious painting, but after a promising start at the court (evidenced by his large Relief of Genoa, painted for the Sal�n de Reinos), he had to renounce his brilliant future on the death of his protector, Juan Bautista Crescenzi, Marquis of La Torre.