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Christ in Glory
Creator
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)Italian Artist · 1483–1520
All works by this person →Raphael, born Raffaello Sanzio, was crowned the "Prince of Painters" by Giorgio Vasari, a sixteenth-century biographer of artists. From his father, Raphael learned painting; in his native Urbino, he experienced intellectual court life. A year after his father's sudden death, Raphael entered the workshop of Urbino's leading painter at age twelve and quickly surpassed his master. By the age of twent
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1519–1520
- Medium
- Black chalk, brush with gray wash, heightened with white chalk, on pale gray prepared paper
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Working from a live model, Raphael Sanzio used a range of techniques to draw this figure. Below the billowing drapery, he quickly sketched Christ's legs, but he subtly modeled the torso above in a fluid, painterly fashion, achieving this effect with a brush and wash. He drew the legs in first, and the lines of the figure remain visible underneath Christ's drapery. He defined the figure's monumental, round forms with economy, using black chalk to emphasize contours as well as to create rich chiaroscuro effects.
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