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Madonna dell'Impannata

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Year
  
1513–1514

Artist
  
Raphael

Period
  
High Renaissance

Medium
  
oil on wood

Created
  
1513–1514

Genre
  
Christian art

Madonna dell'Impannata

Dimensions
  
158 cm × 125 cm (62 in × 49 in)

Location
  
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Subject
  
Mary, Christ Child, Madonna

Similar
  
Raphael artwork, High Renaissance artwork, Christian art

The Madonna dell'Impannata is an oil on panel (158x125 cm) painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It has been preserved at the Palatine Gallery in Florence.

History

Giorgio Vasari recorded that the painting was originally commissioned to Bindo Altoviti. It was later placed under the ownership of Cosimo I de' Medici. During the Napoleonic occupation, the painting was brought to Paris in 1799, and then returned in 1815 .

References

Madonna dell'Impannata Wikipedia