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The Madonna of the Chair - Raphael
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Description
A classic High Renaissance tondo by Raphael, depicting the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child with the young John the Baptist.
The Madonna of the Chair, or Madonna della Seggiola, is a circular painting by Raphael, executed during his Roman period. The composition is contained within a tondo, a format that requires careful arrangement of figures to suit the curved frame. Raphael achieves this by curving the bodies of the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child, and the young John the Baptist to follow the circular boundary of the panel.
Mary sits on a low chair, holding the infant Christ in a protective embrace. Her head leans against his, creating a sense of intimacy. To the right, the young John the Baptist gazes towards them with hands joined in prayer. The figures are rendered with soft, rounded forms, characteristic of Raphael's mature style. The colour palette features warm tones, including the red of the Virgin's sleeve and the golden hues of the child's garment, contrasted against the deep, dark background.
Raphael uses the tondo format to create a sense of enclosure, drawing the viewer into the private moment between mother and child. The chair, from which the painting derives its name, is visible in the foreground, providing a sense of physical presence. The work is noted for its balance and the naturalistic depiction of the figures, which move away from the rigid formality seen in earlier religious art. The painting remains a primary example of the High Renaissance approach to portraiture and devotional subjects, demonstrating a mastery of form and human emotion. The original panel is held in the collection of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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The Madonna of the Chair - Raphael
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From $39.00 USD
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From $39.00 USD
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Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Raphael
Raphael died on his birthday, at thirty-seven. Good Friday, 6 April 1520. He had been working himself to exhaustion on simultaneous commissions for the Pope, the Vatican, and half the Roman aristocracy. The fever that killed him may have been made worse by the bloodletting his doctors prescribed. He was the most famous artist in Europe. His funeral procession passed through streets lined with mourners and his unfinished painting, The Transfiguration, was placed at the head of his bier.
He was born in Urbino, the son of a painter. His father died when he was eleven, and by his teens he was already working in the studio of Perugino, whose smooth, symmetrical compositions gave Raphael his starting point. He surpassed Perugino quickly. He studied Leonardo's sfumato and Michelangelo's anatomical intensity and absorbed both without losing his own clarity. The Madonnas from his Florentine period (the Madonna of the Goldfinch, the Sistine Madonna) have a serene perfection that has been imitated for five hundred years and never matched.
Pope Julius II summoned him to Rome in 1508, the same year he commissioned Michelangelo for the Sistine ceiling. Raphael painted the Stanze della Segnatura: four rooms in the Vatican whose frescoes include The School of Athens, the single most famous image of classical philosophy. Plato and Aristotle walk through an ideal architecture surrounded by every major thinker of the ancient world. Raphael painted Michelangelo into the scene as Heraclitus, brooding alone on the steps. Michelangelo was furious.
He ran a large workshop that produced portraits, altarpieces, tapestry designs, and architectural plans. He was appointed architect of St Peter's Basilica. He was charming, diplomatic, and universally liked, which made Michelangelo dislike him even more.
He was born in Urbino, the son of a painter. His father died when he was eleven, and by his teens he was already working in the studio of Perugino, whose smooth, symmetrical compositions gave Raphael his starting point. He surpassed Perugino quickly. He studied Leonardo's sfumato and Michelangelo's anatomical intensity and absorbed both without losing his own clarity. The Madonnas from his Florentine period (the Madonna of the Goldfinch, the Sistine Madonna) have a serene perfection that has been imitated for five hundred years and never matched.
Pope Julius II summoned him to Rome in 1508, the same year he commissioned Michelangelo for the Sistine ceiling. Raphael painted the Stanze della Segnatura: four rooms in the Vatican whose frescoes include The School of Athens, the single most famous image of classical philosophy. Plato and Aristotle walk through an ideal architecture surrounded by every major thinker of the ancient world. Raphael painted Michelangelo into the scene as Heraclitus, brooding alone on the steps. Michelangelo was furious.
He ran a large workshop that produced portraits, altarpieces, tapestry designs, and architectural plans. He was appointed architect of St Peter's Basilica. He was charming, diplomatic, and universally liked, which made Michelangelo dislike him even more.
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