Domine, quo vadis?

This article is about a painting. For the church of the same name see Santa Maria in Palmis .

Domine, quo vadis?
Annibale Carracci , 1601 or 1602
Oil on canvas
77.4 x 56.3 cm
National Gallery (London)

Domine, quo vadis? ( Dt. Lord, where are you going? ) Is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci . It was created around 1602 and is painted with oil on canvas . It is now in the National Gallery (London) . It measures 77.4 × 56.3 cm.

The picture shows the apostle Simon Peter together with Jesus Christ (left) and represents the legend about an episode from the persecution of Christians in the year 67 or 68 AD.

Peter left the city of Rome on the Via Appia and met Christ on the way. The apostle asked him: "Lord, where are you going?" ( Latin: "Domine, quo vadis? "). When he heard the answer that he was coming to be crucified again, Peter, ashamed, broke off his flight and turned back. He was then arrested and crucified in Rome.

The church of Santa Maria in Palmis was built on the site of this meeting in the 9th century .