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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: The Crowning of the Virgin (Oddi Altarpiece)

🖼 The Crowning of the Virgin (Oddi Altarpiece), 1502-03
Oil on canvas, transferred from panel
267 × 163 cm
Vatican, Italy

Celestial light bathes figures arranged in hierarchical tiers as Christ crowns Mary above angels and saints in luminous gold. Renaissance ideals of divine harmony and mathematical perspective define this altarpiece, establishing Raphael's mastery of spiritual composition and influence on Counter-Reformation religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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