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PAINTINGS REPRODUCTIONS
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THE MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH
This is a portion of one of the most beautiful Madonnas painted by Raphael. This painting was made in Florence in 1507, oil on wood technique, and shows the typical beauty and serenity of Raphael?’s women with an intense chiaroscuro effect.The painting, made for private worship was done for the marriage of the merchant Lorenzo Nasi and Alessandra Canigiani during Raphael?’s second Florentine sojourn. It was still in the Nasi home in 1547 when a ceiling collapsed and broke it into seventeen pieces. After it was restored it became part of the collection of cardinal Carlo de?’Medici where it was inventoried in 1666. It is found at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
This intense detail can be hung in your house to have corner of the highest italian reinessance Art.
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