Composition Study for the Massacre of the Innocents

ca. 1510-12
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 Massacre of the Innocents
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1510-12
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, with some later retouching, highlighted with white gouache, over preliminary pounce marks (spolvero underdrawing), reworked freehand by the artist in black chalk, on paper
  • Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 15 3/4 in. (26.2 × 40 cm)
    Framed: 22 13/16 × 17 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (58 × 44 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (2195)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints