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A cartoon for the tapestry of Christ's Charge to Peter for the Sistine Chapel. Christ is standing on the left, pointing behind himself to a flock of sheep and in front to the keys held by Peter, who is kneeling. The other disciples stand in a group at the

Prince Albert and Raphael

The Raphael Collection is one of Prince Albert's lasting legacies

JOHANN MICHAEL WITTMER (1802-80)

Raphael's First Sketch of the 'Madonna della Sedia'

Signed and dated 1853

Oil on canvas | 98.3 x 74.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403635

Albert purchased this painting, which depicts a supposed scene from the life of Raphael, in the year it was executed. He already owned a watercolour copy of the Madonna della Sedia by Robert Thorburn given to him by Victoria in 1851. Both the direct copy of the painting and this evocation of its creation were hung by the Prince at Osborne.

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