Detail from the miraculous Draft of Fishes, showing Christ and the disciples in a fishing boat

The Raphael Cartoons

The cartoons were models for the creation of a set of tapestries

RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

The Healing of the Lame Man

c.1515-6

RCIN 912946

A cartoon for the tapestry of The Healing of the Lame Man for the Sistine Chapel.

In a temple with Solomonic columns, Sts Peter and John heal a lame man seated on the ground, at the centre. Onlookers stand on either side.

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