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CARTONS OF RAPHAEL URBIN.
CARTON IL
Christ’s charge to peter; commonly called
THE DELIVERY OF THE KEYS.
He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lowest
thou me? Peter was grieved, because he said unto him
the third time, lowest thou me? J nd he said unto him,
Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love
thee, Jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep. — John,
chap. xxi. ver. 17.
The principal figure in this picture is that of our Sa-
viour, which Mr. Richardson is of opinion has received
some injury, and is not at present what Raphael made it:
this supposition, it is believed, has never been contra-
dicted; and whoever attentively compares the taste of
design in this figure with those of the apostles, in tire
same carton, or that of our Saviour in the Miraculous
Draught of Fishes, must be convinced that it falls many
degrees short of that great painter. Perhaps, by some
who may contend for its being Raphael’s, it may be
urged, that, like Leonardo da Vinci, in a similar case,
he was baffled by the greatness of his own idea: but
which ever argument holds good, we must be content to
take it as it appears. Mr. Richardson also observes, that
the time chosen, is the moment of our Lord’s having just
spoken; and that in consequence of our Saviour’s inter-
rogating Peter, “ Lovest thou me more than these r” the
rest of the apostles were eager to reply to that question,
by assuring their Lord, that their love for him was at
least equal to Peter’s ; and this solicitude is finely ex-.
CARTON IL
Christ’s charge to peter; commonly called
THE DELIVERY OF THE KEYS.
He said unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lowest
thou me? Peter was grieved, because he said unto him
the third time, lowest thou me? J nd he said unto him,
Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love
thee, Jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep. — John,
chap. xxi. ver. 17.
The principal figure in this picture is that of our Sa-
viour, which Mr. Richardson is of opinion has received
some injury, and is not at present what Raphael made it:
this supposition, it is believed, has never been contra-
dicted; and whoever attentively compares the taste of
design in this figure with those of the apostles, in tire
same carton, or that of our Saviour in the Miraculous
Draught of Fishes, must be convinced that it falls many
degrees short of that great painter. Perhaps, by some
who may contend for its being Raphael’s, it may be
urged, that, like Leonardo da Vinci, in a similar case,
he was baffled by the greatness of his own idea: but
which ever argument holds good, we must be content to
take it as it appears. Mr. Richardson also observes, that
the time chosen, is the moment of our Lord’s having just
spoken; and that in consequence of our Saviour’s inter-
rogating Peter, “ Lovest thou me more than these r” the
rest of the apostles were eager to reply to that question,
by assuring their Lord, that their love for him was at
least equal to Peter’s ; and this solicitude is finely ex-.