Composition Sketch for Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Composition Sketch for Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Law
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1518-20
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over grayish black chalk, squared on top of all layers of design in grayish black chalk, on paper
- Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25 × 27.7 cm)
Framed: 18 9/16 in. × 23 7/16 in. × 7/8 in. (47.2 × 59.5 × 2.3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris (3849)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints