# Madonna Studies [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk, pen and ink on paper, 422 x 273 mm ## Commentary The subject of the Madonna and Child presented Raphael with the constant challenge of finding new variations on the theme. Some of the studies were not used as a basis for his paintings until years later. This drawing in red chalk shows several variations on the same page. In the centre is the study for the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/1/06alba.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/1/06alba.html">Madonna Alba,</A> while the sketch above was used later for the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/07sedia1.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/07sedia1.html">Madonna della Sedia.</A> ## 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]()