St. Peter, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed

An elderly, bearded St. Peter is shown with hands tightly clasped and eyes turned heavenward in a gesture of intense devotion. He is set against a rugged, dark background that emphasizes the dramatic hatching and muscular anatomy characteristic of the Haarlem Mannerist style. Below the image, a Latin inscription presents the first article of the Apostles' Creed.

This engraving is the first in a series that visualizes the 'Symbolum Apostolorum,' a tradition where each of the twelve apostles is associated with one clause of the Creed. It reflects the intersection of high-mannerist printmaking and didactic religious instruction in the late 16th-century Netherlands.