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Tapestries

Tapestries

Christ's charge to Peter

c.1712-1755

Etching | RCIN 853050

A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1514-15) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3863). Numbered at upper left: 15.

The Louvre drawing reproduced in this print is a carefully finished modello by Raphael for the tapestry cartoon of 'Christ's Charge to Peter'. See RCINs 853042, 853047.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)