Tapestries
Tapestries
Christ's charge to Peter
published 1766Etching | RCIN 853055
A facsimile of a drawing now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.1216E). Lettered with artists' names. Numbered at lower centre below image: No. 69. On watermarked paper, annotated in pencil on the back. Published in 'Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella reale galleria di Firenze', Florence 1766, plate 69. Not in Ruland (1876).
The Uffizi 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.
The Uffizi 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.
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)
