Берлин: Гос. музеи в Берлине, Картинная гал. (1842 )

композиция:
Assigned to Perugino this painting is probably by Raphael.
The board has been injured and the blues have degenerated.
More refined (long neck and oval face) than the Solly Madonna {2183} it is part of the Perugino Period.
The Virgin supports the infant sitting on Her lap, Her right hand rests on the shoulder of John the Baptist.
Christ's right hand is raised in benediction, John receives the blessing in pious posture.
Maria's face shows arched eyelids and the pursed mouth peculiar to Raphael.
Its expression is one of motherly affection for both infants, a resigned presentiment of things to come, and a shade of the typical Umbrian "smorfia."