Composition Sketch for the Massacre of the Innocents
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Composition Sketch for the Massacre of the Innocents
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1510-12
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, corrections in red chalk (figures at right), stylus-ruled construction and compass work, vertical axis line (partly pricked); outlines pricked for transfer of the design (except for the corrected figures), on paper
- Dimensions: 9 3/16 × 14 3/4 in. (23.4 × 37.5 cm)
Framed: 17 9/16 × 23 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (44.6 × 59.9 × 3.2 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The British Museum, London (1860,0414.446)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints