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Raphael

Eight Apostles, c. 1514

Not on View

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection

Accession Number

1993.51.2

Artists / Makers

Raphael (artist) Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

Image Use

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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

Crozat the Younger, Pierre
Gaines, John R., Mr.
Woodner Family Collection, Inc., Ian, The
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Ian

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.

2020: 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.

1972: 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: Joannides, Paul. The Drawings of Raphael, with a Complete Catalogue. Berkeley, 1983: no. 358, as Pasce Oves.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.