Rijksmuseum

Studie van hoofd en linkerschouder van een vrouw

Date

1519 - 1520

Medium

paper, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This splendid drawing demonstrates Raphael’s flair for delineating a figure with just a few lines. He worked out the shadows on her arm and shoulder blade with fine hatching. This is a study for one of the prominent figures in his last and most famous painting The Transfiguration. It was almost completed when Raphael suddenly died. He was laid out in state under the painting in his workshop.

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