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Madonna dell'Impannata

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Madonna dell'Impannata
ArtistRaphael and Workshop
Year1513–1514
Typeoil on wood
Dimensions158 cm × 125 cm (62 in × 49 in)
LocationPalazzo Pitti, Florence

The Madonna dell'Impannata is an oil on panel (158x125 cm) painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It has been preserved at the Palatine Gallery in Florence.

History

Giorgio Vasari recorded that the painting was originally commissioned to Bindo Altoviti. It was later placed under the ownership of Cosimo I de' Medici. During the Napoleonic occupation, the painting was brought to Paris in 1799, and then returned in 1815 .

References

  • Pierluigi De Vecchi, Raphael , Rizzoli, Milan 1975.
  • Marco Chiarini, Palatine Gallery and Royal Apartments , Syllables, Livorno 1998. ISBN 978-88-86392-48-8