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Ansidei Madonna
The Ansidei Madonna (Italian: Pala Ansidei) is a 1505–1507 painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael, painted during his Florentine period. It shows the Blessed Virgin Mary sitting on a wooden throne, with the child Christ on her lap. On her right John the Baptist stands, on her left Saint Nicholas is reading.
At the time the painting was commissioned, there were other paintings that made up the grouping for the altarpiece. Of the predellas, the only that remains is Saint John the
of the subject, not negative connotations, such as pain or vileness.
Each subject and the landscape of ""Ansidei Madonna"" evokes serenity and divinity:
- Madonna, by her complete devotion to her child,
- Christ child through his secure faith in his mother,
- St. John through his contemplative expression of his spiritual journey,
- Bishop Nicholas of Bari through spiritual knowledge, and
- the soothing landscape and the open, infinite sky, closest to God.
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