Eight Apostles

c. 1514

Raphael

Artist, Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk over stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper, cut in two pieces and rejoined; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 8.1 x 23.2 cm (3 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
    support: 9.4 x 24.8 cm (3 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.51.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Pierre Crozat [1665-1740], Paris; private collection (sale, London, Christie's, 29 November 1977, lots 33 and 34); John R. Gaines, Lexington, KY (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 November 1986, lot 8); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 12.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 15.

1993

  • Nine Old Master Drawings: Recent Gifts from the Woodner Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993 (checklist only).

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 34.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2002

  • Tapestry in the Renaissance, Art and Magnificence, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, 204, 208, no. 20.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2017.

2020

  • Raphael and His Circle: Prints and Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2020, no cat.

  • Raphael—The Power of Renaissance Images: The Dresden Tapestries and their Impact, Columbus Museum of Art; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2020-2023 (shown only in Columbus).

Bibliography

1949

  • Popham, A.E. and Johannes Wilde. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle. London, 1949: under no. 802 (as Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter).

1972

  • Fischel, O. and Konrad Oberhuber. Raphael Zeichnungen, IX: Entwürfe zu Werken Raphaels und seiner Schule im Vatican 1511/12 Bis 1520. Berlin, 1972: no. 443-4, pl. 45.

  • Shearman, John. Raphael's Cartoons in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen and the Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. London, 1972: 96-97, figs. 48, 49 (as Study for the Charge to St. Peter).

1978

  • Annesley, Noël. "Raphael's Charge to Saint Peter." Christie's Review of the Season. London, 1978: 96.

1983

  • Raphael dans les collections françaises, Grand Palais, Paris, 1983-4: mentioned under no. 99.

  • Knab, Eckhart, Erwin Mitsch, and Konrad Oberhuber. Raphael, Die Zeichnungen. Stuttgart, 1983: 125, figs. 514, 515.

  • Joannides, Paul. The Drawings of Raphael, with a Complete Catalogue. Berkeley, 1983: no. 358, as Pasce Oves.

1986

  • Ames-Lewis, Francis. The Draftsman Raphael. New Haven and London, 1986: 131-132, figs. 141-142.

1987

  • Gere, J.A. Drawings by Raphael and His Circle From British and North American Collections. Exh. cat. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987, mentioned under no. 26.

  • Gardner, Paul. "The Old Master" Art News 123 (September 1987): 123, repro. 121.

1988

  • Cummings, Paul. "Interview: Ian Woodner Talks with Paul Cummings." Drawing. IX, 5 (1988): 107.

1992

  • Raffaello e i suoi. exh. cat., Rome, Villa Medici. 1992: 191.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 34.

  • Jones, Jennifer. "The Woodner Collections at the National Gallery." Drawing 17 (September-October 1995): 49-53 (repr. fig. 4).

1999

  • Clayton, Martin. Raphael and His Circle, Drawings from Windsor Castle. exh. cat. London, 1999: under no. 26.

2007

  • Talvacchia, Bette. Raphael. London, 2007: 167-168, fig. 130.

2015

  • Schenck, Kimberly. "Technical Observation of Three Drawings by Raphael from the National Gallery of Art." In Joachim Jacoby, ed. Raffael als Zeichner: die Beiträge des Frankfurter Kolloquiums = Raphael as draughtsman. Frankfurt am Main, 2015: 49-51, fig. 1.

Wikidata ID

Q64620023


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