The Large Cowper Madonna RAPHAEL 1508

The artist is considered the foremost master of the Renaissance in which the gandeur of the Church and its rich traditions and theology were transferred to canvas and on which Catholicism seemed to have come alive before one's eyes. Our copies of this piece show some deterioration, cracks and grime in the background, which we did our best to restore. Some of the coloring on the Child Jesus is irregular, but this we left as you view it, since this seems to be from the artist and not from time. We did apply a bit of chrome highlights to the nimbus around Jesus, and the halo around His Mother: when we tried drawing them in, following the faded, broken contours that were visible, they just did not look presentable.



 
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