The Madonna of the Meadow
1505 or 1506, Artist: Raffaello Santi gen. Raffael
The Madonna of the Meadow
The group formed into a pyramid is embedded in a delightful pasture landscape which on the one hand emphasises the world of humans; yet in the way it fades out into the far-off horizon, it appears to accentuate what is eternally valid. Thus The Madonna in the Meadow became the “icon” of the new spiritual thinking of the Renaissance.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, middle Italian
Dated
1505 or 1506
Artist
Raffaello Santi gen. Raffael (1483 Urbino - 1520 Rom) - GND
Material
Poplar wood
Dimensions
113 cm × 88,5 cm
Framed: 176 cm × 117 cm × 8,5 cm
Signed
Marked on the hem of Mary's dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps you can also read M.D.V.I.)
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 175
Provenance
Painted for the Florentine patrician and patron of the arts Taddeo Taddei; acquired by Archduke Ferdinand Karl in 1662; 1663 in Ambras collection; 1773 from Ambras to Vienna;
IGS - Madonna im Grünen - Raffael
OESG - Madonna im Grünen - Raffael
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