Study for a Kneeling Woman in the Foreground of the Transfiguration;Unrelated Design of a Cornice in Profile

ca. 1519-20
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: Study for a Kneeling Woman in the Foreground of the Transfiguration;Unrelated Design of a Cornice in Profile
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1519-20
  • Medium: Soft black chalk, charcoal, highlighted in brush and white gouache, some reworking of dark shadows in brush and diluted black chalk and stylus incisions to correct contours, over partial pounce marks, on off-white paper washed light grayish brown (figures); pen and grayish brown ink with ruling; verso is blank and severely abraded (cornice)
  • Dimensions: 13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.2 cm)
    Framed: 25 in. × 18 1/8 in. × 1 3/16 in. (63.5 × 46 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-T-1971-52 recto)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints