Two Male Nudes Drawn from the Same Model (Study the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Sala di Costantino) (recto), Two Studies of an Elderly Man (verso; not by Raphael)

ca. 1519-20
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: Two Male Nudes Drawn from the Same Model (Study the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Sala di Costantino) (recto), Two Studies of an Elderly Man (verso; not by Raphael)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1519-20
  • Medium: Black chalk, highlighted with white gouache, over preliminary stylus underdrawing, with slight retouching of contours (recto); black chalk, some contours reinforced in pen and brown ink (verso)
  • Dimensions: 13 9/16 × 10 7/16 in. (34.5 × 26.5 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 (WA1846.210)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints