Modello Drawing for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Sala di Costantino; An Eagle and the Drapery of a Caryatid; An Arm holding a Tablet and a Leg (for the Figure of Virtue?)

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: Modello Drawing for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Sala di Costantino; An Eagle and the Drapery of a Caryatid; An Arm holding a Tablet and a Leg (for the Figure of Virtue?)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Artist: Giovanni Francesco Penni (Italian, Florence ca. 1496–after 1528 Naples)
  • Date: ca. 1519-20
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, ver extensive black-chalk underdrawing, squared in black chalk, on many glued sheets of paper washed beige; lined with a secondary support; with early restorations
  • Dimensions: 14 3/4 × 33 3/4 in. (37.5 × 85.7 cm)
    Framed: 28 7/16 × 43 13/16 × 7/8 in. (72.2 × 111.3 × 2.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris (3872)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints