Madonna with the Blue Diadem

Madonna with the Blue Diadem
ArtistRaphael
Yearc. 1510-1518
TypeOil on wood
Dimensions68 cm × 48 cm (27 in × 19 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

The Madonna with the Blue Diadem is a painting by Raphael and his pupil Gianfrancesco Penni, and was most likely painted in Rome around 1510-1512, now at the Louvre. In the Louvre, the painting is named Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John, also known as Virgin with the Veil or Virgin with the Blue Diadem.[1] Additional names include Virgin with the Linen, Slumbering Child and Silence of the Holy Virgin.[2]

  1. ^ A. Dequier - M. Bard. "Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John". Louvre Exhibits. Musée du Louvre. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Passavant, J (1872). Raphael of Urbino and his father Giovanni Santi. London and New York: MacMillan and Company. p. 230.