Madonna with Beardless Saint Joseph
1506-1507
High Renaissance
Religious painting
Canvas, Tempera, Wood
72,5 x 56,5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Story
Raphael painted this Holy Family during his stay in Florence, possibly for the ruler of Urbino, Guidobaldo Montefeltro. With its mood of sublime sorrow, in this picture anything prosaic or banal would be alien to the heroes, yet this does not deprive them of a feeling of naturalness. The smooth lines, the harmonious combination of colours and the compact composition all contribute to create a sense of monumentality and grandeur
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