A sheet of studies for Raphael's fresco in Santa Maria della Pace

A photograph of a sheet of studies by Raphael in the Uffizi, Florence (inv.no. 544E) for the fresco depicting four prophets, painted by the workshop of Raphael c.1511-14 in the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria della Pace, Rome. Annotated on verso.

The central study on this sheet is for the figure of Daniel; above this are the two putti which fly above the prophets; at the bottom of the sheet, viewed in landscape orientation, is a sketch for the angel standing behind Daniel and David.

Raphael was commissioned, probably early in 1511, by the banker Agostino Chigi to decorate his chapel in Santa Maria della Pace. The initial plan of decoration for the chapel included frescoes, two bronze roundels and an altarpiece; however, whilst Raphael executed some designs for the altarpiece, which was to depict the resurrection, it was never executed, and the bronze roundels, whilst cast, appear to never have been installed. The frescoes comprise two registers, with four prophets on the top  (flanking a window) and four sybils below. According to Vasari, portions of the frescoes were painted by Timoteo Viti.