# Bridgewater Madonna [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RAFFAELLO Sanzio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 81 x 56 cm ## Commentary Bridgewater Madonna c. 1507 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 81 x 56 cm National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh Technical studies of the painted surface during restoration indicate that the scene was at first set within a landscape. Its elimination and replacement with a dark interior setting assures an absolute focus on the two figures, with dramatic emphasis on the contrasts of light and dark. The body of the Child in particular is carefully modelled to achieve a solid, volumetric effect, giving it a sculptural quality. The sculptural solidity and the double torsion of the Child was probably influenced by <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/2/3taddei.html'\)" HREF="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/2/3taddei.html">Michelangelo's Taddei Tondo.</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]()