Modello Drawing for the Coronation of Charlemagne, Stanza dell’Incendio

ca. 1515-16
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: Modello Drawing for the Coronation of Charlemagne, Stanza dell’Incendio
  • Artist: Giovanni Francesco Penni (Italian, Florence ca. 1496–after 1528 Naples)
  • Artist: Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
  • Date: ca. 1515-16
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, traces of red-chalk corrections, over stylus-incised ruled and compass construction, and black chalk underdrawing, on several glued sheets of paper
  • Dimensions: 15 1/2 × 22 11/16 in. (39.4 × 57.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Museo e Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (547)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints