Study of Four Standing Men in a Lamentatio (recto), Study of the Body of Christ in a Lamentation (verso)

ca. 1507
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 of Four Standing Men in a Lamentatio (recto), Study of the Body of Christ in a Lamentation (verso)
  • Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1507
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink over preliminary leadpoint and stylus underdrawing, outlines pricked for transfer of the design, two horizontal axis lines in leadpoint, the lower one partly pricked; recto); pen and brown ink (verso), on paper
  • Dimensions: 12 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (32.2 × 19.8 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 (WA1846.171)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints