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Sistine Madonna
The Sistine Madonna, also called the Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. The painting was commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza. The canvas was one of the last Madonnas painted by Raphael. Giorgio Vasari called it "a truly rare and extraordinary work".
The painting was moved to Dresden from 1754 and is well-known for its influence in the German and Russian art scene. After World War II, it
fact saved the pieces. The tunnel in which the art was stored in Saxon Switzerland was climate controlled, but according to a Soviet military spokesperson, the power had failed when the collection was discovered and the pieces were exposed to the humid conditions of the underground. Soviet paintings "Partisan Madonna of Minsk" by Mikhail Savitsky and "And the Saved World Remembers" by Mai Dantsig are based on the "Sistine Madonna".
Stories of the horrid conditions from which the "Sistine Madonna" had been saved began to circulate