Eight Apostles

Raphaelc. 1514

Details

Title: Eight Apostles
Creator: Raphael
Date Created: c. 1514
Physical 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.)
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.
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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