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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: The Granduca Madonna

🖼 The Granduca Madonna, 1504
Oil on wood
84 × 56 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft brushwork renders mother and child in intimate closeness, their bodies unified against a dark, atmospheric background. This small panel epitomizes High Renaissance ideals of grace and emotional restraint, establishing the Madonna type that dominated European art for centuries.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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