The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Studies for the Madonna of the Meadow) (recto)

ca. 1506
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 and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Studies for the Madonna of the Meadow) (recto)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1506
  • Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache (partly oxidized), over preliminary stylus underdrawing, red chalk (sketch on upper left), possibly indented for transfer (selectively on the main group of the Virgin and Child) over a faint grid marked with compass or caliper points (recto), on paper
  • Dimensions: 8 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (21.9 × 18 cm)
    Framed: 23 3/4 in. × 17 11/16 in. × 1 5/16 in. (60.4 × 45 × 3.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Presented by a Body of Subscribers in 1846 (WA1846.161)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints