RaphaelItalia, 1483–1520Grande Madonna Cowper
The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna
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Dove si trova «Grande Madonna Cowper» oggi? National Gallery of Art, Sala 20 · Edificio Ovest, piano principale, Washington. Sì, esposta ora. Verificato 29 settembre 2026.
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Sul dipinto
La Grande Madonna Cowper (o Madonna Niccolini) è un dipinto a olio su tavola (68x46 cm) di Raffaello Sanzio, databile al 1508 e conservato nella National Gallery of Art di Washington. L'opera è firmata e datata "MDVIII / R.[afael] V.[rbinas] Pin.[xit]". Non tutti ritengono la firma autografa, ma l'assegnazione del dipinto alla mano del Sanzio è indiscussa.
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1937.1.25
Che cosa raffigura
In catalogo
Fonti
- National Gallery of Art
- Immagine: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
Nella vita di Raphael
Tutta la vitac. 1504 – c. 1508 · Luogo di lavoro
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 · Luogo di lavoro
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.
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