12/28/2022 0 Comments Golden finch![]() ![]() It suffered serious damage, such as the deep and long gashes that had defaced the wooden panel. The painting was severely damaged at the end of the XVI century because of the collapse of the building where it was housed. Despite that is also plain what will be Raphael’s own personal style: the extreme sweetness of the faces, particularly the Madonnas’, the masterful use of colors, the realistic reproduction of the landscape and the profound intimacy between the figures.ĭuring his stay in Florence, the great artist from Urbino painted other famous works, but it is the Madonna with the Goldfinch to represent, more than any other work, the painter’s distinctive aesthetics. Raphael accepts the approach of the pyramidal composition, the gentle effects of the soft light and the emotional dialog between the characters, revealing the elements peculiar to the painting of Leonardo. The influence of the great artist-scientist, is evident in the beautiful Madonna of the Goldfinch (“Madonna del Cardellino”) (1506), recently restored (2008) in a wise and skillful way. He was strongly influenced by the figure of Leonardo. In Florence, Raphael absorbed the achievements of Florentine art that was at the time on the cutting edge in Europe. But it was thanks to the family of the Dukes of Urbino, who wrote to the Republic of Florence to invite the artist to stay in Florence, that young Raphael based himself in the cradle of the Renaissance. The young painter approached the Florentine circles thanks to his apprenticeship with master Perugino who managed a successful workshop in the Tuscan capital. Unfortunately, he died when he was only thirty-seven years old, but he went down to history as the “Divine”. His beauty and elegance were famous, as beautiful and elegant was his art. His young life was happy and he was loved by everyone: by the mighty as well as the pope and women. ![]()
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