Title: 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
Date: 1500–50
Artist: School of Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) 
Artist bio: Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Abstraction