Jesus appoints Peter as head of the church; he instructs him to 'feed his lambs'. Engraving by M. Sorello after Raphael.

Christ's charge to Peter

Rome (ad Plateam Pasquini) : Apud Montagnani

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 26.7 x 37.9 cm

Dixit ei Simon Petrus: Dominus tu omnia nosti. Tu scis quia amo te. Dixit ei Jesus: Pasce oves meas. Joan cap XXI. Ex peristromatis palatii Vaticani a Raph. sanctio urbinate delineatis expressam. Juxta Caroli Equit. Maratta exemplaria collecta servataque in Biblioth. Em. Card. Alex. Albani. Raph. inv. Michael Sorello sculp.

G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, p. 130

Wellcome Collection 22615i