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Tapestries

Tapestries

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Set of photographs of details from 'Christ's Charge to Peter'

c.1853-76

Albumen prints | RCIN 853043

A set of photographs showing figures from the cartoon of 'Christ's Charge to Peter', executed by Raphael and his workshop in 1515-16 for one of the ten tapestries illustrating episodes from the lives of St Peter and St Paul, commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel. This cartoon is one of the seven that have survived; they are all part of the Royal Collection, and since 1865 are on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The ten original tapestries were woven in the Brussels workshop of Pieter van Aelst and are currently housed in the Vatican Museums.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

  • 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