Sketches of a Standing Infant (Study for the Christ Child in the Belle Jardinière) (recto), Sketches Including a Skeleton (verso)

ca. 1507
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: Sketches of a Standing Infant (Study for the Christ Child in the Belle Jardinière) (recto), Sketches Including a Skeleton (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1507
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink over leadpoint, on laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink over leadpoint, with red chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 11 1/8 × 6 5/16 in. (28.3 × 16 cm)
    Framed: 23 3/4 in. × 17 11/16 in. × 1 5/16 in. (60.4 × 45 × 3.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Presented by Chambers Hall, 1855 (WA1855.91)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints