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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Bridgewater Madonna

🖼 Bridgewater Madonna, c. 1507
Oil on canvas transferred from panel
81 × 56 cm
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork and tender intimacy define this devotional image of Madonna cradling the Christ Child in gentle repose. Raphael's masterwork epitomizes High Renaissance ideals of grace and perfect form, establishing the prototype for Madonna compositions that influenced centuries of religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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