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Original fileThe Virgin is depicted in a red gown and blue mantle, her head tilted toward the infant John the Baptist who holds a reed cross. The Christ Child sits upon her lap, grasping a scroll that the infants share between them. A landscape with a northern-style town and a rocky cliffside fills the background under a pale, atmospheric sky.
This work represents the High Renaissance synthesis of Christian devotion and Neoplatonic aesthetics, where the harmony of the circular tondo mirrors the perceived order of the cosmos. Raphael's focus on idealized human forms aligns with the philosophical belief that physical beauty acts as a vehicle for the soul's ascent to divine truth.
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Translation
Lamb
Marsilio Ficino
Raphael’s use of idealized beauty to represent divinity reflects Ficino's Neoplatonic theories on the relationship between terrestrial and celestial harmony.
Object
Oil on panel
religious
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Raphael, Madonna and Child, 1505, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin (1)
6000 × 4000 px
Linked Data
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