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Description
Relief of the Virgin of the Chair, made of cast marble (marble powder bound with resin). Finished with the application of aging patinas of natural earth.
Dimensions: Height: 30cm. Width: 23cm. Depth: 5 cm.
Estimated weight: 2 kg.
This piece is a relief made from the painting Virgin of the Chair (Madonna della seggiola) by Raphael Sanzio. The original work that inspired this relief is an oil painting on wood, which is located in the Palatine Gallery of the Palazzo Pitti (Florence). The author, Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), is one of the greatest exponents of the Italian Renaissance. It is said that Raphael was inspired by a young peasant as a model for the Virgin; not having his drawing materials at hand, he sketched the face of the young woman with chalk on the lid of a barrel, hence the round shape of the painting.
From the private collection of De Marees van Swinderen.