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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Portrait of Maddalena Doni

🖼 Portrait of Maddalena Doni, 1504-07
Oil on panel
63 × 45 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft brushwork renders a composed noblewoman in three-quarter view, her hand resting gracefully as a distant landscape unfolds behind her. Renaissance ideals of feminine virtue and aristocratic refinement crystallize here, establishing Raphael's mastery of portraiture and psychological presence.

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E. H. Gombrich
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