| Alba Madonna | |
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| Artist | Raphael |
| Year | c. 1511 |
| Type | Oil transferred from wood to canvas |
| Dimensions | 94.5 cm diameter (37+1⁄4 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
The Alba Madonna is a tondo (circular) oil on wood transferred to canvas painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael, created c. 1511, depicting Mary, Jesus, and John the Baptist[1] in a typical Italian countryside.[2]
After a century and a half in Italy, it was in the collection of the Dukes of Alba in Spain until 1836, when it was sold to Nicholas I of Russia, and it became one of the highlights of the Imperial Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. Clandestinely sold to Andrew W. Mellon by the government of the Soviet Union in 1931, it has been held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., since 1937.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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