Madonna dell'Impannata
The Madonna dell'Impannata is an oil on panel (158x125 cm) painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, executed c. 1513-1514. It has been preserved at the Palatine Gallery in Florence.
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| Artist | Raphael and Workshop |
| Year | c. 1513–1514 |
| Medium | oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 158 cm × 125 cm (62 in × 49 in) |
| Location | Palazzo Pitti, Florence |
History
Giorgio Vasari recorded that the painting was originally commissioned to Bindo Altoviti.
It portraits a very old Saint Anne who is seated and holds out to the Virgin her son. There is a Saint John seated, nude, and behind Saint Anne another female saint.
Bindo sent the Madonna dell'Impannata to his palace in Florence, where the picture remained until Duke Cosimo I de' Medici confiscated it for his own chapel, newly decorated by Raphael.[1]
During the Napoleonic occupation, the painting was brought to Paris in 1799, and then returned in 1815 .
References
- David Alan Brown, Jane Van Nimmen (2005). Raphael and the Beautiful Banker. Yale University Press. p. 14.
- Pierluigi De Vecchi, Raphael, Rizzoli, Milan 1975.
- Marco Chiarini, Palatine Gallery and Royal Apartments, Syllables, Livorno 1998. ISBN 978-88-86392-48-8
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