Description:

A Fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520) in a massive Gildwood frame. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola, including the original ornate frame, painted in 1514 currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy.      Circa: 1880

Frame Height: 52 inches (132.1 cm)
Frame Width: 43 1/4 inches (109.8 cm)

Notes:

The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting.

Ref.: A657