The Virgin Reading to the Christ Child in a Landscape with Two Figures (The Madonna of Humility) (recto); Studies for the Disputa, Stanza della Segnatura (Saints Ambrose and Peter Lombard); Sonnet (verso)

ca. 1509-11
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Virgin Reading to the Christ Child in a Landscape with Two Figures (The Madonna of Humility) (recto); Studies for the Disputa, Stanza della Segnatura (Saints Ambrose and Peter Lombard); Sonnet (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1509-11
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of leadpoint (recto and verso), on paper
  • Dimensions: 7 11/16 × 6 in. (19.6 × 15.3 cm)
    Framed: 16 15/16 × 15 × 1 5/8 in. (43 × 38.1 × 4.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Albertina, Vienna (205)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints