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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

🖼 Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1504-05
Tempera and gold on wood (main panel)
172 × 172 cm
New York, United States

Golden light radiates from the central throne where Madonna holds Christ Child, surrounded by five saints in balanced, symmetrical composition using tempera on panel. This altarpiece exemplifies High Renaissance harmony, establishing Raphael's mastery of sacred geometry and emotional restraint that defined early 16th-century Italian religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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