Heads and Hands of Two Apostles (“Auxiliary Cartoon” for the Transfiguration)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Artwork Details
- Title: Heads and Hands of Two Apostles (“Auxiliary Cartoon” for the Transfiguration)
- Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1519-20
- Medium: Black chalk drawn freehand over pounce marks (spolvero underdrawing), traces of white gouache highlights, on laid paper
- Dimensions: 19 5/8 × 14 5/16 in. (49.9 × 36.4 cm)
Framed: 28 9/16 in. × 21 5/8 in. × 1 5/16 in. (72.5 × 55 × 3.3 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Presented by a Body of Subscribers in 1846 (WA1846.209)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints