# Study for the Holy Family [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk over stylus, 336 x 214 mm ## Commentary Pope Leo X commissioned from Raphael the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/01holyfa.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/01holyfa.html">Holy Family</A> \(now in the Louvre\), for which this drawing was made. In this study Raphael <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giulio/various/zmary.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/giulio/various/zmary.html">repeats the pose worked out by Giulio Romano,</A> in his turn emphasizing the volume and movement of the flowing draperies that encase the figure of Mary, dramatically lighting the long sweep from thigh to knee that was studied so diligently by Giulio. ## 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]()