Tapestries
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
Standing man looking downwards, with left arm raised
c.1853-76Albumen print | 25.5 x 13.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 853044
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1514-15) now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.3854). The drawing is one of the three surviving fragments from an original red chalk study by Raphael for the tapestry cartoon of 'Christ's Charge to Peter'. The other two fragments are in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Woodner Collection, inv. no.1993.51.2). The entire composition is recorded in an offset now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 912751).
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
25.5 x 13.4 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)
- Public Life of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.223, no.358 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.267, no.379 (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))
