The Virgin and Child (Study for the Bridgewater Madonna; recto); Ideas for the Virgin and Child Studied from Mannequins or Lay Figures, Some Relating to the Niccolini-Cowper Madonna and Colonna Madonna (verso)

ca. 1507-8
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: The Virgin and Child (Study for the Bridgewater Madonna; recto); Ideas for the Virgin and Child Studied from Mannequins or Lay Figures, Some Relating to the Niccolini-Cowper Madonna and Colonna Madonna (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1507-8
  • Medium: Metalpoint (leadpoint?), partly reworked by the artist in pen and brown ink, on paper prepared brownish pink (recto); pen and brown ink, red chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 in. (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
    Framed: 20 3/16 × 17 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (51.3 × 43.8 × 3.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Albertina, Vienna (209)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints