The Annunciation (Cartoon for the Left Scene in the Predella of the Oddi Altarpiece)

ca. 1503-4
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: The Annunciation (Cartoon for the Left Scene in the Predella of the Oddi Altarpiece)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1503-4
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, ruling in pen and brown ink and stylus; stylus-incised compass work, some leadpoint or black-chalk axis lines, some preliminary stylus underdrawing on figures and traces of black-chalk underdrawing on two sheets of paper glued with overlapping seams (original paper support); pricked outlines for transfer of the design; glued onto a secondary paper support
  • Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 16 5/8 in. (28.5 × 42.3 cm)
    Framed: 31 1/2 in. × 23 1/4 in. × 7/8 in. (80 × 59 × 2.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris (3860)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints