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Raphael.
The Sistine Madonna.
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1513 - 1514.
Oil on canvas, 265 x 196 cm.
Gemäldegalerie (Dresden Gallery), Germany.
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The canvas with the Virgin, Child and Saints Sixtus and Barbara, usually called the Sistine Madonna,
is characterized by an imaginary space created by the figures themselves. The figures stand on a bed of
clouds, framed by heavy curtains which open to either side. The Virgin actually appears to descend
from a heavenly space, through the picture plane, out into the real space in which the painting is hung.
The gesture of St Sixtus and the glance of St Barbara seem to be directed toward the faithful, whom we
imagine beyond the balustrade at the bottom of the painting. The Papal tiara, which rests on top of this
balustrade, act as a bridge between the real and pictorial space.
The painting was probably intended to decorate the tomb of Julius II, for the holy pope Sixtus was the
patron saint of the Della Rovere family and St Barbara and the two winged 'genii' (visible at the bottom
of the picture space) symbolize the funeral ceremony. The canvas was located in the convent of St Sixtus
in Piacenza and was later donated by the monks to Augustus III, King of Saxony.
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