# Study for the Entombment [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen and ink over black chalk, 230 x 319 mm ## Commentary Study for the Entombment c. 1507 Pen and ink over black chalk, 230 x 319 mm British Museum, London The rich assemblage of surviving drawings that form part of the extensive studies for the Baglioni <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/3umbtrip/37entom.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/3umbtrip/37entom.html">Entombment</A> demonstrates the fascinating course of Raphael's preparations for the commission. The final composition was elaborated by using elements from the relief on an antique Roman sarcophagus cover depicting the Death of Meleager. ## Related artworks - [A Group of Nude Men]() - [A Group of Warriors]() - [A nude man advancing to the right \(verso\)]() - [A Soldier before the Cell of St Peter]() - [A Youthful Warrior \(recto\)]() - [Adam and Eve \(ceiling panel\)]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aldobrandini Madonna \(Garvagh Madonna\)]() - [Allegory \(The Knight's Dream\)]() - [Amorini at play \(verso\)]() - [An Angel]() - [Angel \(fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()