Get a free print of "The Delivery of the Keys" Additional Links. Get a free print of "The Delivery of the Keys" FREE prints from FreeArt. It depicts Christ handing the keys to St. Peter, while surrounded by the other apostles, who all wear halos. From Art History 101, Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter (1481), Fresco, 348 × 570 cm If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked. 1482. Perugino’s fresco painting of “The Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter” uses the technique of a vanishing point. The Delivery of the Keys. ABOUT: Delivery of the Keys by Pietro Perugino is a religious fresco painting. Pietro Perugino (1452 – 1523) is regarded as one of the greatest champions of the renewal of Italian art. THE ‘KEY’ MOMENT: ‘The delivery of the keys to St. Peter’ by Pietro Perugino Officially he is a painter, but concealed under his artistic guise is a character, a charisma and a creative burst of imagination. Pietro Perugino. Read Note. It depicts Christ handing the keys to St. Peter, while surrounded by the other apostles, who all wear halos. Fresco. This techniques serves well within this fresco, as it gives the viewer not on depth with in the piece but helps by serving as a great tool of proportions or scaling of objects and figures. Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy.