Why it matters
The Virgin, in the Italian clothes of the time, hugs the Christ Child tightly as she sits in a chair, their heads touching. Painted in Rome as a round tondo, it is one of the most important of Raphael's Madonnas and his most human depiction of motherhood.
Did you know?
- It was painted around 1513–1514.
- It is 71 cm in diameter.
- Who commissioned it is unknown, but it has belonged to the Medici since the 16th century.
Based on the Wikipedia article Madonna della Seggiola (CC BY-SA 4.0).
