Christ gives keys of heaven to St. Peter. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Raes, Jan I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 524 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Group of 6 apostles stand next to tree (John 21:15-17); lake
Christ gives keys of heaven to St. Peter. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Raes, Jan I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 524 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Group of 6 apostles stand next to tree (John 21:15-17); lake with boat in background Fragment of tapestry; the right side of the composition (scene with Christ giving keys of heaven to Peter; John 21:15-17) is missing (Dimitrova). This series of the "Acts of Apostles" is based on the cartoons by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (the Younger) for the "Life of St. Paul" series. The Madrid series combines scenes from Aelst's "Life of St. Paul" series with the traditional Raphael group of the "Acts of Apostles" (Campbell). This is 1 of 12 extant panels within this set. In the Photo Study Collection, no. 6 "Conversion of Saul/Paul" is not represented. The first series (at the Vatican, called "Scuola Vecchia") was commissioned from Raphael for Pope Leo X in 1515 to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (Dimitrova). The original cartoons designed by Raphael for the Vatican's "Acts of Apostles" set are currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) (Dimitrova). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. 2 (1986), 62-74, series 48, no. 2 New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 187-203 Fermor, Raphael Tapestry Cartoons (1996) Shearman, Raphael's Cartoons Queen's Coll. (1972) Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239955, 0239960-0239967
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