GENTILESCHI, Orazio
(b. 1563, Pisa, d. 1639, London)

Madonna

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Oil on canvas, 131 x 91 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

This beautiful chiaroscuro half-length Madonna was sometimes attributed to Caravaggio.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 6 minutes):
Franz Schubert: Ave Maria (Hail, Mary), Franz Liszt's transcription