Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri) [SEP] creator
Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)
The Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri) is one of the mature religious works of the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted in 1605–1606, for the altar of the Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms () in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The painting was briefly exhibited in the parish church for the Vatican, Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri, before its removal, presumably due to its unorthodox portrayal of the Virgin. It was subsequently sold to Cardinal Scipione Borghese, and
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See also.
- Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)
- Index of Vatican City-related articles
References.
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External links.
- Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Sant'Anna de Parafrenieri
- Official website of the vicariate of Rome – Sant’Anna In Vaticano
- The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome, a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri (pp. 152–3)