The Solly Madonna by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael was painted sometime between 1500 and 1504.

An early work, it clearly shows the influence of Raphael's teacher Perugino. Two motifs in this work would recur in later Madonnas by Raphael. The virgin Mary is reading a book, as in the Madonna and Child in the Norton Simon Museum, the Conestabile Madonna, the Madonna Colonna and the Madonna del cardellino. As in that last painting a small bird, a goldfinch, is part of the scene.

Solly Madonna

The painting is located in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. It is called the Solly Madonna because it was owned by the British banker and art collector Edward Solly (1776–1848).

Solly Madonna

See also

List of paintings by Raphael

Notes

References

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1500s paintings

Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Raphael

Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Birds in art

Books in art

Nude art

Solly Madonna