The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1604

Oil on canvas, 140 × 176 cm

Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London

Room IV · The Last Years in Rome (1604–1606)

A young, beardless Christ calls the fishermen Peter and Andrew, and Peter still holds a fish in his hand. For a long time it was taken for a copy and kept in storage at Hampton Court; in 2006, after restoration, it was recognised as the original.