Solly Madonna
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| Artist | Raphael |
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| Year | 1500–1504 |
| Type | Oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 52 cm × 38 cm (20 in × 15 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
The Solly Madonna by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael was painted somewhere between 1500 and 1504.
An early work, it clearly shows the influence of Raphael's teacher Perugino.[1] Two motifs in this work would recur in later Madonnas by Raphael. The virgin Mary is reading a book, as in the Madonna and Child in the Norton Simon Museum, the Connestabile Madonna, the Madonna Colonna and the Madonna del cardellino. As in that last painting a small bird, a goldfinch, is part of the scene.[2]
The painting is located in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. It is called the Solly Madonna because it was owned by the British banker and art collector Edward Solly (1776–1848).
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