Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
Artist bio: Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1500–50
Medium: Brush, yellow, orange, brown, cream, and white gouache
Dimensions: 10-1/4 x 10-7/8 in.  (26.0 x 27.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of John W. Lisle, in memory of his father, Joseph William Lisle, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Abstraction