Composition Study for the Massacre of the Innocents
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- 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