Art, literature & history
Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter
1740/1741
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- watercolor, gouache, and graphite over pen and brown ink, indented with a stylus, on pink-gray prepared paper, squared with graphite for transfer
- Dimensions
- sheet: 48.2 x 36.2 cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.), trimmed to a roughly circular shape with ornamental lobes and angles image: 38 x 35.4 cm (14 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.13
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Matthäus Günther. Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter — Matthäus Günther. 1740/1741.
Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite over pen and brown ink, indented with a stylus, on pink-gray prepared paper, squared with graphite for transfer.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 48.2 x 36.2 cm (19 x 14 1/4 in.), trimmed to a roughly circular shape with ornamental lobes and angles image: 38 x 35.4 cm (14 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.13. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Vincent and Linda Buonanno.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.