Portrait of Pope Leo X de’ Medici (Cartoon Fragment for the Figure of Pope Clement I in the Sala di Costantino)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Pope Leo X de’ Medici (Cartoon Fragment for the Figure of Pope Clement I in the Sala di Costantino)
- Artist: Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
- Date: ca. 1520
- Medium: Black chalk, with stumping, highlighted extensively in white chalk, outlines stylus-incised for transfer of the design; the irregular shape of the original paper support partly conformed to the silhouetting necessary for a giornata in the fresco; glued onto secondary paper support making up the losses. Original drawing surface abraded, and partial redrawing of the design by early restorers on the secondary support.
- Dimensions: 18 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (48 × 29.9 cm)
Framed: 28 7/8 × 21 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (73.3 × 55.5 × 3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth (OMD 38)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints