The Virgin and Child with a book in a Landscape; a Landscape (Sketches for the Norton Simon Madonna) (recto); Seated Infant Holding a Book (Sketch for the Christ Child in the Norton Simon Madonna) (verso)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: The Virgin and Child with a book in a Landscape; a Landscape (Sketches for the Norton Simon Madonna) (recto); Seated Infant Holding a Book (Sketch for the Christ Child in the Norton Simon Madonna) (verso)
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1502-3
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, over preliminary stylus underdrawing (recto); pen and brown ink, over preliminary stylus underdrawing (verso), on paper
- Dimensions: 4 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (11.4 × 13 cm)
Framed: 17 11/16 in. × 23 3/4 in. × 1 5/16 in. (45 × 60.4 × 3.3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Presented by a Body of Subscribers in 1846 (WA1846.152.1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints