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The Massacre of the Innocents, c.1510 (red chalk over leadpoint, stylus and pouncing in black...
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ROC3552302
Image title
The Massacre of the Innocents, c.1510 (red chalk over leadpoint, stylus and pouncing in black chalk) (recto of 3552303)
red chalk over leadpoint, stylus and pouncing in black chalk
Date
1510 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions
24.6x41.3 cms
Image description
A red chalk study for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (see RCIN 830887). On the verso, a pen and ink study for a salver with marine deities.
Raphael and Marcantonio Raimondi appear to have had a close working relationship, with the former providing the latter with a number of designs to be reproduced as prints - thus widely disseminating Raphael's work and helping to ameliorate his fame. Raimondi's print corresponds closely to this drawing; there are significant differences between it and an earlier pen study of the same subject by Raphael in the British Museum (inv.no.1860,0414.446).
The drawing on the verso, a sketch of battling creatures, was likely intended as a design for metalwork. There is a related drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (WA1846.211) which was traditionally attributed to Gianfrancesco Penni, a member of Raphael's workshop. Evidence shows that Raphael was providing designs for metalwork for his patron Agostino Chigi in 1510; this design may perhaps be connected with a Chigi commission.