Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 16th century · Brush and brown ink highlighted with white
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Marked public domain by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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About this picture
Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso) is a public-domain drawing by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi), dated 16th century. Brush and brown ink highlighted with white. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)” (16th 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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