Studies of Male Nudes (Discarded Idea for the Lower Left Section in the Fresco of the Disputa, Stanza della Segnatura)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Studies of Male Nudes (Discarded Idea for the Lower Left Section in the Fresco of the Disputa, Stanza della Segnatura)
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1509-11
- Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk and traces of stylus underdrawing, stylus-incised ruling and compass construction, outlines pricked for transfer of the design and rubbed heavily with black-chalk pouncing dust; two horizontal axis lines and two vertical axis lines, partly pricked, on paper
- Dimensions: 11 1/8 × 16 3/8 in. (28.2 × 41.6 cm)
Framed: 22 5/8 in. × 30 1/2 in. × 1 7/8 in. (57.5 × 77.5 × 4.8 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main (379)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints