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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: The Bridgewater Madonna

🖼 The Bridgewater Madonna, 1507
Oil on panel
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Tender brushwork renders Madonna and Child in soft, pyramidal composition, their faces luminous against shadowed drapery. This intimate devotional image epitomizes High Renaissance ideals of grace and proportion, influencing Madonna iconography for centuries.

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E. H. Gombrich
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