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Madonna of Foligno
The Madonna of Foligno is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. First painted on wood panel, it was later transferred to canvas.
History.
The painting was executed for Sigismondo de' Conti, chamberlain to Pope Julius II, in 1511. It was placed on a high altar of the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli on Capitoline Hill (Italian: Campidoglio) in Rome, where Sigismondo was buried in 1512.
It was moved by Anna Conti, a descendant of Sigismondi
- an ensemble of large allegorical frescoes, in the church of S. Filippo, Bevagna
- "Madonna and Child with St. Elysius" (oil on canvas): Foligno, church of San Giovanni Decollato
- "Holy Family", "St. Catherine", and an "Immaculate Conception": all three works in Foligno, monastery of Santa Caterina
- "Madonna and child with saints" (oil on canvas): Gubbio, church of Sant' Francesco della Pace
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