Cowper Madonna

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The Cowper Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, celebrated for its serene composition and luminous color.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm painting
artHistoricalStatus masterpiece of Renaissance art
background idealized landscape
city Washington, D.C.
collection National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
colorCharacteristic soft, luminous palette
compositionCharacteristic pyramidal composition
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Raphael NERFINISHED
culture Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
depictionStyle naturalistic
depicts Christ Child NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary
depictsIconography Madonna and Child NERFINISHED
era Italian High Renaissance NERFINISHED
follows Florentine period of Raphael
genre religious art
hasGenre devotional image
hasPart half-length figure of the Virgin
landscape background
seated Christ Child
iconographicType Madonna col Bambino NERFINISHED
inception 1505
influencedBy Leonardo da Vinci’s Madonna compositions NERFINISHED
lightingCharacteristic soft, even lighting
location National Gallery of Art NERFINISHED
materialUsed oil paint
movement High Renaissance NERFINISHED
namedAfter Cowper family NERFINISHED
notableFor luminous color
serene composition
originalLanguageTitle Madonna Cowper NERFINISHED
partOf Raphael’s Madonna paintings NERFINISHED
period early 16th century
previousCollection Cowper family collection NERFINISHED
significance major example of Raphael’s early Madonna paintings
style High Renaissance style
subjectHeading Jesus Christ—Infancy—Art
Virgin Mary—Art NERFINISHED
subjectPosition Virgin seated with child on her lap
support panel
theme maternal tenderness
sacred motherhood

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