Alba Madonna
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The Alba Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century circular painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and the infant John the Baptist, celebrated as a masterpiece of High Renaissance art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alba Madonna canonical | 1 |
| Holy Child Jesus | 1 |
| Madonna d’Alba | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | masterpiece of High Renaissance art ⓘ |
| artist | Raphael ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | panel (later transferred to canvas) ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
|
| commissionedBy |
House of Alba
ⓘ
surface form:
Duke of Alba (House of Alba)
|
| completionDate | circa 1511 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Raphael ⓘ |
| culture | Italian ⓘ |
| currentStatus | on display ⓘ |
| depictionContext |
New Testament figures
ⓘ
biblical scene ⓘ |
| depicts |
Madonna and Child
ⓘ
surface form:
Christ Child
Virgin Mary ⓘ infant John the Baptist ⓘ |
| diameter | 94.5 cm ⓘ |
| donatedBy | Andrew W. Mellon ⓘ |
| format | circular painting ⓘ |
| genre | Madonna and Child ⓘ |
| height | 94.5 cm ⓘ |
| iconography |
Holy Family
ⓘ
Madonna and Child ⓘ
surface form:
Madonna of humility
St John the Baptist as child ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1510 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| location | National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas (transferred)
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ wood panel ⓘ |
| movement | High Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Raphael ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Raphael’s Madonna paintings ⓘ |
| period |
High Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian High Renaissance
|
| previousOwner |
Andrew W. Mellon
ⓘ
House of Alba ⓘ |
| shape | tondo ⓘ |
| style |
balanced composition
ⓘ
classical landscape background ⓘ soft modeling of figures ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
Madonna and Child
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist
|
| titleInItalian |
Alba Madonna
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Madonna d’Alba
|
| width | 94.5 cm ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Alba Madonna
this entity surface form:
Holy Child Jesus
this entity surface form:
Madonna d’Alba