Raphael's Sistine Madonna
1512 · Work
The Virgin and Child stepping down from clouds between parted curtains, watched by two bored cherubs that became the most reproduced detail in art.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Renaissance, Master, Arts and Thoughts, Italy (post-476 CE)
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