Eight Apostles

c. 1514

Raphael

Associated Names
Raphael

Artist, Marchigian, 1483 - 1520

This drawing is a sketch of several people facing the left, depicted from the chest up. The individuals are standing together in a group. Their hair is in a variety of styles, and they are dressed in draped garments. The person at the front of the group has their hands clasped together in front of their chest. The background is plain beige paper, and the lines of the drawing have been done in red.

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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 Number

    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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