Four Men in Conversation
Raphael · 18th/19th century · Black chalk, with graphite, on pale green wove paper, tipped on to cream wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Four Men in Conversation is a public-domain drawing by Raphael, dated 18th/19th century. Black chalk, with graphite, on pale green wove paper, tipped on to cream wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Four Men in Conversation” (18th/19th century). 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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