Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

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Renaissance painting fresco

"Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter" is a renowned Renaissance fresco by Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel, depicting Christ handing the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter as a foundational moment for papal authority.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christ giving the keys to Peter	1
Consegna delle chiavi a San Pietro	1
Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5668014 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter
Context triple: [Perugino, notableWork, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter]

A. Saint Peter in Chains
Saint Peter in Chains refers to the Christian tradition and dedication honoring the Apostle Peter’s miraculous liberation from imprisonment, often associated with churches and chapels commemorating this event.
B. Throne of Saint Peter
The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.
C. Holy Door
The Holy Door is a rare ceremonial doorway in certain Catholic churches that is traditionally opened only during special jubilee years as a symbol of spiritual passage and renewal.
D. The Denial of St Peter
The Denial of St Peter is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Leonaert Bramer depicting the biblical scene in which the apostle Peter denies knowing Jesus three times.
E. Confessio of Saint Peter
The Confessio of Saint Peter is the shrine beneath the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica that marks the traditional burial site and veneration place of the Apostle Peter.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter
Target entity description: "Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter" is a renowned Renaissance fresco by Pietro Perugino in the Sistine Chapel, depicting Christ handing the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter as a foundational moment for papal authority.

A. Saint Peter in Chains
Saint Peter in Chains refers to the Christian tradition and dedication honoring the Apostle Peter’s miraculous liberation from imprisonment, often associated with churches and chapels commemorating this event.
B. Throne of Saint Peter
The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.
C. Holy Door
The Holy Door is a rare ceremonial doorway in certain Catholic churches that is traditionally opened only during special jubilee years as a symbol of spiritual passage and renewal.
D. The Denial of St Peter
The Denial of St Peter is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Leonaert Bramer depicting the biblical scene in which the apostle Peter denies knowing Jesus three times.
E. Confessio of Saint Peter
The Confessio of Saint Peter is the shrine beneath the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica that marks the traditional burial site and veneration place of the Apostle Peter.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ fresco ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Consegna delle chiavi a San Pietro ⓘ linked to: Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter
artHistoricalSignificance	important precedent for later High Renaissance compositions ⓘ key example of early use of central perspective in monumental fresco ⓘ major work in Perugino’s career ⓘ
associatedWith	Vatican Museums collection of Sistine Chapel frescoes ⓘ linked to: Vatican Museums papacy ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel of Matthew 16:18–19 ⓘ linked to: Matthew 16:19
commissionedBy	Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Pietro Perugino ⓘ linked to: Perugino
culture	Italian ⓘ
depicts	Christ handing the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ Saint Peter ⓘ linked to: Apostle Peter an idealized architectural piazza ⓘ apostles ⓘ the biblical scene of the Giving of the Keys to Saint Peter ⓘ
depictsSymbol	keys of Heaven ⓘ papal authority ⓘ
features	balanced arrangement of figures ⓘ central octagonal temple building ⓘ foreground group of Christ and apostles ⓘ paved square or piazza ⓘ symmetrical composition ⓘ triumphal arches in the background ⓘ
genre	Christian religious art ⓘ
hasPerspective	linear perspective with central vanishing point ⓘ
influencedBy	Early Renaissance perspective theories ⓘ classical architecture ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Vatican City ⓘ
location	Sistine Chapel ⓘ
medium	fresco ⓘ
movement	Italian Renaissance ⓘ
partOf	Sistine Chapel wall decoration cycle ⓘ linked to: Sistine Chapel
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
setting	Sistine Chapel north wall ⓘ linked to: Sistine Chapel
subject	foundation of papal authority ⓘ primacy of Saint Peter ⓘ
technique	buon fresco ⓘ
theme	apostolic succession ⓘ authority of the Church ⓘ transfer of spiritual power ⓘ
timePeriod	High Renaissance precursor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perugino → notableWork → Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter ⓘ

Ordination (painting by Nicolas Poussin) → hasIconographicType → Christ giving the keys to Peter ⓘ

linked to: Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter → alsoKnownAs → Consegna delle chiavi a San Pietro ⓘ