Eight Apostles
c. 1514
Artist, Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

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