# Nude Child with Open Arms [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIULIO ROMANO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk on white paper, 270 x 209 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 sketch was made, and sent it to France, perhaps in celebration of a royal birth. After World War II, the drawing was attributed to Raphael's close associate Giulio Romano, author of other figures in the painting. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga]() - [Battle of Zama]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()