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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna with the Book (Conestabile Madonna)

🖼 Madonna with the Book (Conestabile Madonna), 1504
Tempera on canvas transferred from wood, diameter 17,9 cm
St. Petersburg, Russia

Soft brushwork renders Mary in luminous detail, cradling an open book while the Christ Child reaches toward it with gentle curiosity. This intimate domestic scene epitomizes High Renaissance ideals of harmony and grace, establishing Raphael's reputation for psychological tenderness and compositional perfection.

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E. H. Gombrich
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