Study for the Holy Family

1518
High Renaissance
Sketch and study
Chalk
33,6 x 21,4 cm
The Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy)

Story

Pope Leo X commissioned from Raphael the Holy Family (now in the Louvre), for which this drawing was made. In this study Raphael repeats the pose worked out by Giulio Romano, 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.

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