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DE Virgin of milk. Rafael Sello Congo (Dem. Rep.) 2003
Madonna with Milk: Niccolini-Cowper Madonna, Raphael Sanzio. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Pope John Paul II
Dimensions: 42 x 38 mm
Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio, (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), disciple of Perugino, great Renaissance painter, contemporary and friend of Leonardo and Michelangelo.
This oil panel, 81 x 57 cm, painted in 1508, was in the Niccolini collection in Florence until 1780 when it passed to the Cowper collection. Since 1937 it has been owned by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The mother's patience and tenderness and the child's mischievousness can be appreciated.
Series commemorating the pontificate (1978 - 2003) of Pope John Paul II.
Actualizado el: 12/05/2024
Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio, (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), disciple of Perugino, great Renaissance painter, contemporary and friend of Leonardo and Michelangelo.
This oil panel, 81 x 57 cm, painted in 1508, was in the Niccolini collection in Florence until 1780 when it passed to the Cowper collection. Since 1937 it has been owned by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The mother's patience and tenderness and the child's mischievousness can be appreciated.
Series commemorating the pontificate (1978 - 2003) of Pope John Paul II.