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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna Studies

🖼 Madonna Studies, 1511-13
Red chalk, pen and ink on paper
422 × 273 cm
Lille, France

Delicate line studies capture Madonna's tender expressions through rapid, gestural sketching. Raphael's preparatory drawings reveal his mastery of human emotion and anatomical grace, foundational to Renaissance portraiture and devotional imagery.

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E. H. Gombrich
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