Composition Study with Workshop Assistants Posing for the Virgin and Child with Raphael, Tobias, and Saint Jerome (The Madonna del Pesce)

ca. 1512-14
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: Composition Study with Workshop Assistants Posing for the Virgin and Child with Raphael, Tobias, and Saint Jerome (The Madonna del Pesce)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1512-14
  • Medium: Slightly orangeish red chalk, over underdrawing sketched in leadpoint (?) or fine black chalk, on paper
  • Dimensions: 10 9/16 × 10 5/16 in. (26.9 × 26.2 cm)
    Framed: 20 11/16 in. × 15 9/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (52.5 × 39.5 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence (524 E)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints