Fig. 4: Raphael, Lucretia, 1508-10.
From: Materiality and techniques revealed in drawings by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Perugino
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997 (1997.153). a Visible light image, blue arrows point to preliminary sketch in C-based black medium. b Fe (orange) distribution map due to iron gall ink. There are losses to the drawing along the right side and upper left corner; additional paper pieces were added by a conservator at an unknown date before the work entered the Museum’s collection. These additions to the paper support register as dark areas in this map. c Detail of infrared image showing the C-based black medium outline. d Detail of raking infrared image showing the incised lines from transfer.
