Guard Drawing His Sword
Raphael · n.d. · Black chalk on tan laid paper, edge mounted on buff laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Guard Drawing His Sword is a public-domain drawing by Raphael, dated n.d.. Black chalk on tan laid paper, edge mounted on buff laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Guard Drawing His Sword” (n.d.). Raphael left few paintings. A drawing or print under his name is often a study, a workshop sheet, or a later print after a picture of his.
About the artist
Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), was a painter of the High Renaissance. His madonnas and the Vatican rooms are the famous works. Many sheets in print rooms are drawings or later prints after him, not the paintings.
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