Alba Madonna

E22563

Renaissance painting painting religious painting

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.

Aliases (2)

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, Washington, D.C. →
commissionedBy	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	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 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	Italian High Renaissance →
previousOwner	Andrew W. Mellon → House of Alba →
shape	tondo →
style	balanced composition → classical landscape background → soft modeling of figures →
subjectHeading	Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist →
titleInItalian	Madonna d’Alba →
width	94.5 cm →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Alba Madonna →	alsoKnownAs
Society of the Holy Child Jesus ("Holy Child Jesus") →	namedAfter
Alba Madonna ("Madonna d’Alba") →	titleInItalian