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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna del Baldacchino

🖼 Madonna del Baldacchino, 1507-08
Oil on canvas
276 × 224 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin enthroned beneath an ornate canopy, flanked by saints in harmonious Renaissance composition. Raphael's masterwork exemplifies High Renaissance ideals—perfect balance, divine grace, and architectural grandeur—establishing the standard for Madonna imagery for centuries.

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