Sketch for the Figure of Theology in the Vault of the Stanza della Segnatura (recto); Composition Sketches for the Assumption of the Virgin (verso)

ca. 1510
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: Sketch for the Figure of Theology in the Vault of the Stanza della Segnatura (recto); Composition Sketches for the Assumption of the Virgin (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1510
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink over leadpoint underdrawing; (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), on paper
  • Dimensions: 7 15/16 × 5 5/8 in. (20.1 × 14.3 cm)
    Framed: 23 3/4 in. × 17 11/16 in. × 1 5/16 in. (60.4 × 45 × 3.3 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Presented by a Body of Subscribers in 1846 (WA1846.195)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints