Combat of Nude Men, after Raphael

Eugène Delacroix|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

ca. 1823 · Pen and brown ink · Drawings and Prints

In Raphael, Delacroix admired "perfection of drawing, grace, and composition." Most of his copies after the Italian Renaissance master are based on reproductive prints, including this sheet derived from an etching after a red-chalk drawing by Raphael (ca. 1508–10; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). The sepia ink of the print may explain Delacroix’s choice of brown ink for his slightly smaller copy of the lively composition, executed faithfully with the exception of the incomplete figure lying on the ground.

Artist

Eugène Delacroix|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)

Date

ca. 1823

Medium

Pen and brown ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of George R. Goldner, 2013