Bartolomé Esteban MurilloSpanish, 1617–1682Repentance of St Peter
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Where is “Repentance of St Peter” now? Collection: State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Not on view at present. Checked August 29, 2026.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- ГЭ-3589
In the catalog
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- State Hermitage Museum
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — © State Hermitage Museum
In the life of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The whole lifeDecember 1617
Born
1645
Return to Seville and Marriage
Murillo returned to Seville and married Beatriz Cabrera y Villalobos, with whom he had ten children; only one of them, Gabriel, followed his father's path as a painter.
1645–1648
First Major Commission
In the year of his wedding Murillo received his first major commission — eleven paintings of Franciscan saints for the Convent of San Francisco in Seville; he worked on them from 1645 to 1648.
1660
Co-founder of the Academy of Fine Arts
Murillo became one of the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts in Seville and in 1660 shared its direction with Francisco Herrera the Younger.
c. 1681 – 1682
Fall from Scaffolding in Cádiz
A few months before his death Murillo fell from scaffolding while working on a fresco in the Capuchin church in Cádiz; the fresco was completed by his pupil Francisco Meneses Osorio.
3 April 1682
Died
