# Study for St Paul Preaching in Athens [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk over stylus underdrawing, 278 x 418 mm ## Commentary This drawing is a study for the tapestry <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/6tapestr/7stpaul.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/6tapestr/7stpaul.html">St Paul Preaching in Athens.</A> Raphael made drawings for his tapestry cartoons, just as he did for his paintings. The figure of St Paul was adopted into the final version almost unchanged, but the positions of the figures to right and left in the cartoon were changed markedly. It is possible that live models from Raphael's workshop posed for this drawing. ## 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]()