Composition Study for the Holy Family with Saints and a Pomegranate (recto); Letter to Domenico Alfani (verso)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Composition Study for the Holy Family with Saints and a Pomegranate (recto); Letter to Domenico Alfani (verso)
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1507-8
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint underdrawing, squared in red chalk; upper portion of the sheet outlined like an arch with the field colored in blue gouache (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), on paper
- Dimensions: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.9 × 24.8 cm)
Framed: 22 7/16 in. × 17 11/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (57 × 45 × 3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille (Pl. 458, Pl. 459)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints