Group of four standing soldiers (recto)
by RAFFAELLO Sanzio, Silverpoint on a blue-grey preparation on off-white paper, 213 x 223 mm
This drawing provides proof that Raphael visited Siena and saw there Pinturicchio’s frescoes in the Piccolomini Library. He could make this drawing there. Contrary to Vasari’s claim, Raphael did not play a role in Pinturicchio’s fresco cycle in Siena.
The verso of the sheet contains two studies of amorini in pen and brown ink.