 And, yet, there is a severity of this Madonna that will ease into a greater naturalness, such as the Alba Madonna slightly later into Raphael's Roman period.In further contrast to the paintings of his Florentine period, the Madonnas of his Roman period are stronger and more imposing.This is due in part to the difference between the gaunt woman of Umbria and the beautiful women of Trastevere and Campagna, and also by Raphael's pursuit of the ideal.