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Tapestries

Tapestries

Christ's charge to Peter

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 853053

A photograph of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1216E). The drawing is generally considered a copy by the workshop of Raphael of a highly finished modello by the master now in the Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3863) for the tapestry cartoon of 'Christ's Charge to Peter'. A photograph of the Louvre drawing can be found at RCIN 853047.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)