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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna of the Goldfinch

🖼 Madonna of the Goldfinch, 1506
Oil on panel
Florence, Italy

Tender intimacy unfolds as Madonna cradles the Christ Child while young John the Baptist offers a goldfinch—rendered in Raphael's luminous oils with pyramidal balance. The goldfinch symbolizes Christ's Passion, transforming a domestic scene into profound theological meditation, exemplifying High Renaissance harmony of form and spiritual meaning.

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