Tapestries
Tapestries
Christ's charge to Peter
published 1729Chiaroscuro woodcut with etching | RCIN 853049
A facsimile of a drawing by Raphael (c.1514-15) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3863); in reverse. Lettered with title, artists' names and former location of the work (collection of the Duc d'Orleans). Numbered in the lower right corner: 40. Published in ‘Recueil Crozat’, Paris 1729, plate 40. Annotated in pencil on the back. Not in Ruland (1876).
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.
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 (after 1876)
