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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna and Child (The Ansidei Altarpiece)

🖼 Madonna and Child (The Ansidei Altarpiece), c. 1505
Oil on wood
209.6 × 148.6 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in serene pyramidal composition, their tender intimacy rendered through delicate sfumato and rich ultramarine robes. This altarpiece epitomizes High Renaissance ideals—perfect harmony, divine grace, and maternal devotion—influencing religious art across centuries.

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E. H. Gombrich
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