Modello Drawing for the Virgin and Child with Raphael, Tobias, and Saint Jerome (The Madonna del Pesce)

ca. 1512-14
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: Modello Drawing for the Virgin and Child with Raphael, Tobias, and Saint Jerome (The Madonna del Pesce)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1512-14
  • Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache (some oxidized), over extensive black-chalk under- and overdrawing, on paper
  • Dimensions: 10 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (25.8 × 21.3 cm)
    Framed: 26 1/4 in. × 21 1/4 in. × 1 in. (66.7 × 53.9 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: National Galleries of Scotland, purchased by Private Treaty with the aid of the Art Fund (including a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), the National Heritage Memorial Fund, and funds from the estate of Keith and Rene Andrews, 1993 (D 5342)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints