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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna del Cardellino

🖼 Madonna del Cardellino, 1507
Oil on wood
107 × 77 cm
Florence, Italy

Golden light bathes three figures in pyramidal harmony—a serene Madonna cradles the Christ Child while John the Baptist offers a symbolic goldfinch. Raphael's masterpiece epitomizes High Renaissance balance, blending sweetness with theological depth through Leonardo's sfumato and Michelangelo's sculptural form.

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E. H. Gombrich
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