Sistine Chapel - Perugino - Delivery of the Keys af Interanimate

Perugino was commissioned in 1480 to paint this fresco by Pope Sixtus IV. Due to the size of the work, Perugino was later joined by a group of painters from Florence, including Botticelli and Ghirlandaio. The scene, part of the series of the Stories of Jesus on the chapel's northern wall, is a reference to Matthew 16-1 in which the 'keys of the kingdom of heaven' are given to Saint Peter.