RAFFAELLO Sanzio
(b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Roma)

Diotalevi Madonna

c. 1503
Oil on wood, 69 x 50 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

In this Madonna painting there is still something Gothic about Mary's too small head. Seated on her lap, Jesus blesses the infant St John the Baptist. The landscape is somewhat reminiscent of Northern art.