Madonna of Loreto

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Madonna of Loreto is a renowned devotional painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, celebrated for its tender composition and refined High Renaissance style.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Madonna of Loreto canonical 2
Madonna del Loreto 1
Our Lady of Loreto 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf devotional painting
painting
alsoKnownAs Madonna del Loreto
linked to: Madonna of Loreto

Madonna del Velo
Madonna of the Veil
linked to: Madonna del Velo
artForm painting
artHistoricalPeriod Italian Renaissance
artist Raphael
commissionedFor private devotion
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
linked to: Raphael
culturalSignificance important work of Marian iconography
depicts Christ Child
linked to: Child Jesus

Virgin Mary
intimate mother–child interaction
veil
genre religious art
hasArtisticTechnique sfumato-influenced modeling
hasColorPalette soft, balanced tones
hasComposition pyramidal arrangement of figures
hasLanguage none (visual artwork)
hasPerspective frontal half-length figures
hasType altarpiece-type composition
iconography Virgin Mary with Child and veil
influencedBy Leonardo da Vinci
locatedIn Chantilly
linked to: Chantilly, France

France
location Musée Condé
materialSupport wood panel
medium oil on panel
movement High Renaissance
notableFor refined style
tender composition
painter Raphael
portrays idealized beauty of the Virgin
religion Christianity
school Roman school
style High Renaissance
subject Madonna and Child
theme Marian devotion
timePeriod early 16th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raphael’s Madonna paintings includesWork Madonna of Loreto
Mission of Our Lady of Loreto dedicatedTo Our Lady of Loreto
linked to: Madonna of Loreto
Madonna of Loreto alsoKnownAs Madonna del Loreto
linked to: Madonna of Loreto