Related external works: Realisation

Raffael: Die Begegnung von Papst Leo I. und Attila, ca. 1513, Wandfresko, ca. 800 x 450 cm (Bildfeld). Stanza dell'Eliodoro, Palazzo Apostolico, Città del Vaticano, Rom

Study of a Warrior on Horseback, ca. 1511 – 1512

Blatt: 198 x 144 mm

Physical Description: Silverpoint, highlighted with white, on laid paper primed in grey (painted crosswise), distance of chain lines (vertical), |29|38|38|

Inventory Number: 1797

Object Number: 1797 Z

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

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About the Work

Raphael’s fresco of the Meeting of Pope Leo the Great and Attila in the Stanza d’Eliodoro in the Vatican recounts how the king of the Huns is forced to retreat by the power of the Church and Christendom. An early study ultimately not used for the fresco, the fine silverpoint drawing with white heightening from the Städel collection investigates the heathen soldiers’ abrupt standstill and about-face. The figure is shown nude, his clothing merely alluded to; at the bottom right his torso is repeated, now wearing a cuirass. The horse is effectively described with no more than a few lines.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Study of a Warrior on Horseback

Draughtsman

Raphael

Production Place

Rome

Period Produced

16th century

School

High Renaissance

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Silverpoint, highlighted with white, on laid paper primed in grey (painted crosswise), distance of chain lines (vertical), |29|38|38|

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Central Italian

Production Reason

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet in der Darstellung unten rechts unterhalb des rechten Reiters (vom Sammler? nicht bei Lugt, mit grauem Stift [Grafit]): PG [ligiert]; bezeichnet unten links (16. Jahrhundert, mit der Feder in Dunkelgrau): jŭncher von Prag.; unten rechts: Tüncher von Prag.

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