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In Raphael’s Alba Madonna (c. 1510), a High Renaissance masterpiece, the three figures of Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist define a broad pyramid within the circular format of the painting, conveying strength and stability.
6 sty 2016 · Request artworks available in our catalogue in digital format. The Virgin Mary visits her cousin, Elisabeth, who is pregnant with Saint John, as told in the New Testament (Luke 1, 39-45). That is the moment when the Virgin sings the Magnificat. The two figures can be told apart by their age.
Raphael, master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance, best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.
24 paź 2023 · Who said motherhood can’t be glamorous? In “ Madonna of the Chair,” Raphael proves that even super-busy moms can shine. Painted between 1513 and 1514 in Florence, this artwork showcases the Virgin Mary, holding baby Jesus and accompanied by St. John the Baptist. It’s like a Renaissance playdate.
The painting depicts the Virgin Mary, sitting with her baby Jesus across her lap, flanked Saint Sixtus and Saint Barbara. The Virgin’s expression is serene yet sorrowful while Jesus seems to be looking at us, our gaze returned. Raphael draws an interesting distinction between Mary and Jesus’ expressions by using color – Mary’s face is ...
The Marriage of the Virgin, also known as Lo Sposalizio, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello, the painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph.
25 maj 2011 · The Visitation is a c. 1517 painting of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth by Raphael, in the Prado Museum since 1837. Commissioned by the Apostolic Protonotary Giovanni Branconio at his father Marino's request for their family chapel in the church of San Silvestre in Aquila (Marino's wife was called Elisabeth), it was ...
