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      AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

      Christ's charge to Peter

      c.1853-76

      Albumen print | 20.4 x 32.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853047

      A photograph of a drawing attributed to Raphael (c.1514-15) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3863). The drawing is a carefully finished modello for the tapestry cartoon of Christ's Charge to Peter. A copy of this drawing (usually attributed to Raphael's studio) survives in the Uffizi (inv. no.1216 E; see RCIN 853053).

      • Creator(s)

        After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Subject(s)

        Saint Peter

      • 20.4 x 32.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Christianity
              • Life of Christ
                • Public Life of Christ
                  • Christ's Charge to Peter (Donation of the Keys)
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Industries, Crafts and Trades
            • Ironmongery
              • Keys
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.224, no.360

        Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) p.270, no.381

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.245 B.II.13

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