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    • James Bowdoin III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
    • Bowdoin College Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest
    • Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College
      • Bowdoin College Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
      • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
      • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
      • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)
    • Prints/Drawings & Drawings/Prints, 1500-1800
      • Bowdoin College Museum of Art. ( 8/4/2009 - 9/20/2009)
    		

    For two other scenes from the life of St. Peter, see BCMA 1811.19. This scene is described in Acts 12:1-11. The artist has apparently traced the outlines of the recto drawing on the verso before changing his composition for the latter.

    Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College (Brunswick: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1985).