Related external works: Part of the same work process

Raffael: Entwurf für die Madonna del Granduca, ca. 1504-1506, schwarzer Stift (Kreide ?) über Griffel auf gelblichem Papier, 213 x 184 mm. Inv. Nr. 505 E, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe degli Uffizi, Florenz

Realisation

Raffael: Madonna del Granduca, ca. 1504-1506, Mischtechnik auf Holz, 84,4 x 55,9 cm. Inv. Nr. 1912/178, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florenz

A child's head, ca. 1504 – 1506

Blatt: 112 x 99 mm

Inventory Number: 384

Object Number: 384 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

In delicate silverpoint on coloured paper, Raphael drew this head of a child as a preliminary study for the Madonna del Granduca now in the Uffizi in Florence. The drawing technique of this sheet from the Städel collection reflects the chromatic effect of the painting. Even if the pensively gazing child makes a very lifelike impression, we cannot say for sure whether the artist drew it from nature or his imagination.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: A child's head

Draughtsman

Raphael

Period Produced

16th century

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Central Italian

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet mittig (mit Bleistift): Geschenk [?] Mr. Woodburn // Aus der Sammlung Marq Antaldo Antaldi // in Urbino
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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