Composition Study for the Holy Family with Saints and a Pomegranate (recto); Letter to Domenico Alfani (verso)

ca. 1507-8
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 for the Holy Family with Saints and a Pomegranate (recto); Letter to Domenico Alfani (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1507-8
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint underdrawing, squared in red chalk; upper portion of the sheet outlined like an arch with the field colored in blue gouache (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), on paper
  • Dimensions: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.9 × 24.8 cm)
    Framed: 22 7/16 in. × 17 11/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (57 × 45 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille (Pl. 458, Pl. 459)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints