Madonna and Child (with the Book)

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Madonna and Child (with the Book): Raphael

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Raphael Oil Painting - Madonna and Child (with the Book)

Keywords: Madonna, Child, Book

Work Overview: Madonna and Child (with the Book)
Artist Raphael
Year c. 1503
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 55 cm × 45 cm (22 in × 18 in)
Location Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

The Madonna and Child is a painting finished c. 1503[1] by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.

Raphael Sanzio was credited for the painting of Madonna & Child with the Book. The medium used for the artwork is oil on panel. It measures fifty five and a half centimeters by forty centimeters. Raphael through this work has created somewhat of a meditation art piece. It is a serene painting with a simple and natural beauty. The spatial arrangements also help to tie up everything in an organization that so depicts the kind of master Raphael is. The central figure is the Madonna with the child held in her arms. The silhouette simply frames the Mother Mary figure as well as the book. The book inscription is in fact the commemorative Nones that honors the Crucifixion and death of Christ.

In this painting, the balanced, serene figures are described simply and naturally. A lucid geometry organizes the composition, from the pyramidal grouping of the Madonna and Child to the geometric idealization of their faces and bodies. The deep, blue arch of the Madonna's silhouette encloses the figure of the Child and frames the book, which is further emphasized by the touching hands that hold it. The inscription in the book introduces the ninth hour, or Nones of the Canonical Offices, recited daily by all monastic communities. The Nones commemorates Christ's Crucifixion and Death. With eyes turned to heaven, the Christ Child contemplates His own sacrifice as man's Redeemer. Raphael has depicted more than just a beautiful image of the Madonna and Child -- he has created a meditation piece. The profoundly spiritual quality achieved by Raphael explains why his Madonnas were in such high demand.

Provenance:
Thomas Townend (Christie’s, London, 14 July 1883, lot 75, as Francia, bought-in);
Colonel John Bullen-Symes Bullen (b. 1847) and Mrs. Blanch Mary Bullen (d. 1886, née Townend, younger daughter of William Hall, Syndale, Kent), Catherston-Leweston, and Marshwood Manor, Dorsetshire, by descent to;
Elizabeth Townend (Mrs. Charles) Wheler, Syndale, Kent (d. 1912), by descent to;
John Hall, Syndale, Kent, by descent to;
Heirs of John Hall, Syndale Kent, to;
[Marshall Spink, London];
[Wildenstein & Co., London, via Spink, by June, 1952, sold 1972 to];
Norton Simon Art Foundation.

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