Die Madonna Tempi,

um 1507

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pappelholz

Dimensions of the object

75,3 x 51,6 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IV

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 796

Acquisition

1829 für König Ludwig I. aus dem Hause Tempi in Florenz erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Raffael, Die Madonna Tempi, um 1507, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/k2xnB69xPd (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

Raphael established his exceptional career with the Madonna paintings he created as a young master in Florence. This equally monumental and particularly emotive depiction sensualises the mystery of the incarnation of God and hints at the master's great achievements later in Rome. The subtle painterly composition lends the tender proximity of mother and child a unique vitality and the pictorial space its atmospheric depth. Ludwig I negotiated with the Marquess of Tempi for some twenty years and paid a large sum to be able to acquire this work for Munich.