The Annunciation (Cartoon for the Left Scene in the Predella of the Oddi Altarpiece)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- 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