Eight Apostles
Raphael · c. 1514 · red chalk over stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper, cut in two pieces and rejoined; laid down
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About this picture
Eight Apostles is a public-domain drawing by Raphael, dated c. 1514. Red chalk over stylus underdrawing and traces of leadpoint on laid paper, cut in two pieces and rejoined; laid down. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Eight Apostles” (c. 1514). Raphael left few paintings. A drawing or print under his name is often a study, a workshop sheet, or a later print after a picture of his.
About the artist
Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), was a painter of the High Renaissance. His madonnas and the Vatican rooms are the famous works. Many sheets in print rooms are drawings or later prints after him, not the paintings.
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