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The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini)

painting by Giovanni Bellini in the National Gallery, London

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ21821454 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr is an painting in oil and tempera on wood, executed c. 1507 by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. The painting measures 67 by 100 cm and is now in the National Gallery, London. A workshop version of around 1509 is now in the Courtauld Gallery. Both paintings show the murder of Saint Peter Martyr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini)” is painting by Giovanni Bellini in the National Gallery, London. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Assassination, Saint and Peter, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1507, 1509—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1507. For this dossier, Assassination, Saint and Peter is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “painting by Giovanni Bellini in the National Gallery, London” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21821454. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1507 and 1509.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini) primary sources, The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini) archive and Assassination research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (Bellini)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.