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Description: | Raphael's Madonna della Sedia or della Seggiola is one of the most copied paintings in the history of European Art. Exhibited in the Pitti Palace, Florence, it gained its fame mostly in the eighteenth century when it was described by Jonathan Richardson, Montesquieu, Nicolas Cochin and others. In the Napoleonic confiscations it was the first work of art taken away to Paris. The first engraving after the original painting was published by an anonymous engraver in 1589, with a dedication to Pope Gregory XIII. Since nothing is know about its past, the dating of this copy is highly speculative. | Subjects: | figure; religion (Virgin and Child) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Raphael (Italian painter and draftsman, 1483-1520) Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8767... | Go to resource |
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