I saw this exquisite masterpiece in Vienna.
The harmony of the composition is absolutely captivating.
Raphael painted this when he was only about 23 years old. Raphael lived a brilliant but tragically short life, dying at the age of 37 in 1520.
I like the contrast between Mary’s slightly melancholic expression (reflecting her tragic prescience) and the two children playing.
Serene Italian landscape.
Baby Christ’s soft chubby cheeks and baby fat is High Renaissance naturalism.
A departure from the medieval homunculus to the divine as fully human in the flesh.
St John the Baptist giving Christ the cross.
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