Table 1 Drawings analyzed in this study, artists’ names, titles, dimensions, credit lines, and main media identified
From: Materiality and techniques revealed in drawings by Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Perugino
Title, date | Short title | Artist, date | Dimensions | Credit line | Main components of media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies of the Christ Child, 1513–14 | Studies of the Christ Child | Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), Urbino, 1483–1520 | 8 5/8 × 6 9/16 in. (22 × 16.7 cm) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Florence B. Selden Bequest, 1997 (1997.75) | Red chalk, lead white highlights |
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint John; upper right, Study for Drapery (recto); Study of a Nude Male Figure (verso), ca. 1506–7 | Madonna and Child (recto)Nude Male (verso) | Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), Urbino, 1483–1520 | 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (22.4 × 15.8 cm) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1964 (64.47) | Preparatory layer in recto and verso: SO4-2, CO3-2 and PO4-3 salts. Red chalk (recto); Pb metalpoint, iron gall ink (verso) |
Lucretia, 1508-10 | Lucretia | Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), Urbino, 1483–1520 | 15 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (39.7 × 29.2 cm) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997, (1997.153) | Preparatory layer: Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, and Ca; CaCO3. Iron gall ink, carbon-based black (recto); carbon-based black medium for transfer (verso) |
Small Head of a Christ Child or Saint John the Baptist, 1504-1505 | Small Head | Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), Urbino, 1483–1520 | 4 1/2 × 3 11/16 in. (11.4 × 9.3 cm | Private Collection | Red chalk, small stroke of iron gall ink, Pb metalpoint (recto); iron gall ink, carbon-based black (verso) |
Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another, 1500 | Study of a Kneeling Youth | Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci), Città della Pieve, active by 1469–died 1523 Fontignano | 8 11/16 × 4 1/2 in. (22 × 11.5 cm) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971 (1972.118.265) | Preparatory layer: bone ash (Ca, P; PO4-3 band), CaCO3a. Ag-Hg metalpoint, carbon-based black/s |
Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso), 1480-85 | Compositional Sketches for Virgin Adoring the Christ Child | Leonardo da Vinci, Vinci 1452–1519 Amboise | 7 5/8 × 6 3/8 in. (19.3 × 16.2 cm) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.142.1) | Preparatory layer in recto: red lead, bone ash (Ca, P; PO4-3 band), CaCO3a. Ag-Hg metalpoint that contains some Cu; iron gall ink |
