Domine quo vadis?

Domine, quo vadis? is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from c. 1602, it is housed in the National Gallery, London. The work shows Saint Peter in the moment in which, while fleeing Rome on the Via Appia, he meets Christ, who is walking toward the city. Peter asks him, Domine, quo vadis? ("Lord, where are you going?"). His Lord replies, Eo Romam iterum crucifigi, (I am going to Rome to be crucified again."), by wh... more

Domine, quo vadis? is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from c. 1602, it is housed in the National Gallery, London. The work shows Saint Peter in the moment in which, while fleeing Rome on the Via Appia, he meets Christ, who is walking toward the city. Peter asks him, Domine, quo vadis? ("Lord, where are you going?"). His Lord replies, Eo Romam iterum crucifigi, (I am going to Rome to be crucified again."), by which Peter understands that he (Peter) must return to the city to face the martyrdom God intended for him. less