Related external works: Part of the same work process

Raffael: Disputa, ca. 1509, Pinsel in Braun über schwarzem Stift (Kohle), braun laviert, weißgehöht, quadriert (mit schwarzer Kreide), 276 x 283 mm. Inv. Nr. RCIN 912732 (RL 12732), Royal Collection, Windsor Castle (Joannides 1983.181.197)

Raffael: Disputa, ca. 1509, schwarze Kreide, 202 x 403 mm. Inv. Nr. RCIN 912733 (RL 12733), Royal Collection, Windsor Castle (Joannides 1983.182.200)

Raffael: Disputa, ca. 1509, Feder in Braun, graubraun laviert, weißgehöht, 245 x 400 mm. Inv. Nr. 1900,0824.108, British Museum, Departement of Prints and Drawings, London (Joannides 1983.183.204)

Realisation

Raffael: Disputa, 1510/1511, Wandfresko, 500 x 770 cm. Palazzo Apostolico, Musei Vaticani, Stanza della Segnatura, Città del Vaticano, Rom

Copy

Unbekannt (Nicolas Vleughels?) nach Raffael: Dix-sept figures nues, debout, assises ou agenouillées (Disputa), Feder in Schwarz, 309 x 428 mm. Inv. Nr. 4183, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques, Cabinet des Dessins, Paris

Study for the lower left section of the Disputa, ca. 1508 – 1509

Blatt: 282 x 416 mm

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen and leadpoint, pierced at the contours, framing line with black ink on all sides, on (with coal dust) stained laid paper, distance of chain lines (vertical) |38|35|33|31|38|38|38|39|38|38|

Inventory Number: 379

Object Number: 379 Z

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

Texts

About the Work

In 1508, at the age of twenty-five, Raphael succeeded in gaining an important commission from Pope Julius II. He was to design the decoration for a ceremonial hall in the Vatican. The fresco of the 'Disputa' shows an assembly of saints, priests, scholars and poets. This drawing is a detail from the overall composition. In order to portray the figures in as lively and realistic a way as possible, Raphael created a nude study of each of them after a live model. In this drawing he brought the individual studies together again to form a group, in order to determine the spatial relationship between the different figures.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Study for the lower left section of the Disputa

Draughtsman

Raphael

Contractor, employer

Julius II

Production Place

Florenceoder
Rome

Period Produced

16th century

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Brown ink over black pen and leadpoint, pierced at the contours, framing line with black ink on all sides, on (with coal dust) stained laid paper, distance of chain lines (vertical) |38|35|33|31|38|38|38|39|38|38|

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097 oder Lugt 1852); bezeichnet daneben, auf einem Papierstück (mit der Feder in Braun): [5 ?] B. c; unten links Trockenstempel der Sammlung Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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