Tag: light

La Perla (c.1518)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La Perla (The Holy Family, or La Perla) c.1518 Oil on panel, 147.4 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Philip IV called this painting The Pearl, as it was his favorite among all those in his collection. The…

Madonna del Pesce (1513-1514)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Pesce (Madonna of the Fish) 1513–1514 Oil on panel, 215 x 158 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Seated on a throne, the Virgin holds the Christ Child in her lap. On the right, Saint Jerome dressed as…

Madonna d’Alba (c.1510)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna d’Alba (Alba Madonna) c.1510 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, diameter 94.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After four years in Florence, Raphael moved to Rome in 1508, probably to execute more significant commissions under the papal…

Madonna Niccolini-Cowper (1508)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Niccolini-Cowper (The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna) 1508 Oil on panel, 80.7 x 57.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: center right on border of Madonna’s bodice: MDVIII.R.V.PIN (1508 Raphael of Urbino painted it) A woman holds and looks toward…

Piccola Madonna Cowper (c.1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Piccola Madonna Cowper (Small Cowper Madonna) c.1505 Oil on panel, 59.5 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman and nude child, both with pale skin, sit in front of a deep landscape in this vertical painting.…

Consegna delle chiavi del Regno (c.1515-1516)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Consegna delle chiavi del Regno (Christ’s Charge to Peter) c.1515–1516 Bodycolour over charcoal underdrawing on paper, mounted on canvas, 344 x 534 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Acquired by the Prince of Wales, future King Charles I in 1623…

Estasi di Santa Cecilia (c.1513)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Estasi di Santa Cecilia (Ecstasy of St. Cecilia) c.1513 Oil transferred from panel to canvas, 236 x 149 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Performed around 1513 for the chapel of Blessed Elena Duglioli, who had built her own image of…

Bindo Altoviti (c.1515)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Bindo Altoviti c.1515 Oil on panel, 59.7 x 43.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young man with smooth, pale peachy skin and long blond hair looks over his right shoulder at us in this vertical portrait painting. He…

Madonna di Loreto (c.1509-1512)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna del Velo (Madonna of Loreto, Madonna of the Veil) c.1509–1512 Oil on poplar panel, 120 x 90 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly This painting was only identified as an original by Raphael in 1976; the Duke of…

Visitazione (c.1517)

Raffaello (1483-1520) & assistants Visitazione (Visitation) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 200 x 145 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary visits her cousin, Elisabeth, who is pregnant with Saint John, as told in the New Testament (Luke…