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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 bathes the Virgin and Child centered on a jeweled throne, flanked by saints in luminous Renaissance detail. This altarpiece demonstrates Raphael's mastery of symmetry and divine hierarchy, establishing the compositional template for High Renaissance religious art across Europe.

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E. H. Gombrich
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