The naming of Saint Peter as Head of the Church, after Raphael's Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo, from a series of 15 plates, depicting Raphael's works for the Vatican stanze and the Sistine Chapel tapestries 1650 - 1670

This etching by Pietro Santi Bartoli is a reproduction of Raphael's fresco "The Naming of Saint Peter as Head of the Church" from the Vatican's Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo. The scene depicts Christ, standing with a flock of sheep, giving Peter the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven while other disciples look on. Bartoli’s print was one of 15 created to document Raphael's work in the Vatican's Stanze, and in the Sistine Chapel, and it is an important example of 17th-century Italian art. This work was also created to be an educational tool for the general public in Italy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the current home of this work.