thisqueenofgoth: afallowdoe-deactivated20140930: Madonna della SediaRaphael Sanzio1510High Renaissan
thisqueenofgoth:afallowdoe-deactivated20140930:Madonna della SediaRaphael Sanzio1510High RenaissanceTranslated to “Mother of the Chair,” this tondo, circular painting, is oil on wood and twenty-seven inches in diameter. This is one of the best known Madonna and child paintings. In this piece, the artist has given Mary a Middle Eastern flair as she cradles her son Jesus, who is a now a toddler, with one leg up and the other down. Off to the side with his hands clasped in prayer and holding a cross is Jesus’s cousin John. This piece was commissioned by the Medici.One of my all-time favourite paintings. -- source link
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