Madonnas

Over the course of Raphael’s life, he painted dozens of Madonnas. These Madonnas are so extraordinary and famous that they have been copied by many artists over the centuries. His Madonna di Loreto, for instance, has around 120 known copies. His Madonnas are especially renowned for the intimacy he portrays between the mother and child. The style Raphael used on his Madonnas is mostly unique compared to other artists. One exception is that he occasionally adopted the pyramidal structure which Leonardo da Vinci used when painting the holy family, such as in The Canigiani Madonna, but he still gave it his own touch of grace independent of da Vinci’s influence.