RaphaelItalian, 1483–1520Esterhazy Madonna
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Esterhazy Madonna” now? Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Budapest. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
Budapest, Hungary
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Raphael painted the Esterhazy Madonna around 1508; the picture belongs to Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts. Mary and the Christ Child appear together with the infant John the Baptist. This High Renaissance religious painting measures only 28.5 by 21.5 cm, bringing the three figures into a small picture.
Details
- Accession number
- 71
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest — Raphael · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Raphael
The whole lifec. 1504 – c. 1508 · Workplace
Florence
1507
Meets Donato Bramante
Raphael met the architect Donato Bramante, by an unproven account his relative. Bramante became his adviser and patron and later recommended him to Pope Julius II as the best candidate for work in the Vatican.
1508
Moves to Rome at the invitation of Julius II
The new pope, Julius II, invited Raphael to Rome, perhaps at the suggestion of his architect Bramante, a distant relative of the artist. Unlike Michelangelo, kept waiting for months after his summons, Raphael was immediately commissioned to fresco what was to become the pope's private library, a far larger commission than any he had had before.
1508–1520 · Workplace
Rome
c. 1510
Marcantonio Raimondi engraves his designs
Raphael made no prints himself, but his pupils and assistants, above all Marcantonio Raimondi, engraved his drawings; around 1510 came “The Judgement of Paris”. The prints were sold in street shops and bought by maiolica painters, jewellers and carvers.
